Crise de l'État et affirmation ethnique en Afrique noire contemporaine - article ; n°5 ; vol.22, pg 1017-1048

Guy Nicolas

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Revue française de science politique - Année 1972 - Volume 22 - Numéro 5 - Pages 1017-1048
The crisis facing the State and ethnic assertion in contemporary Black Africa, by Guy Nicolas A number of problems are raised by the crisis facing the State in Black Africa. There is a connection between this imported institution, the African national reality and the facts normally designated by the term ethnic reality. Both the realities that the concepts mentioned claim to incorporate and the analyses carried out by numerous specialists may be seen, on examination, to be superficial and arbitrary, and to perpetuate the same errors. After being shaped by very specific socio-cultural and historical circumstances, introduced without alteration and destined to constitute nations instead of issuing from them, the model of the European State has in most cases been diverted from its original vocation by the minority groups that have had control of it. As to the reality known by the general term ethnic group, it is more varied, changing, complex and difficult to grasp than is generally indicated by the relevant analyses, and in fact corresponds to a number of very different socio-cultural structures, some of which are modern and have only relative or circumstantial relations with the ethnic reality proper. Far from being due to the survival of archaic structures, the ethnic opposition movements in fact frequently stem from modern political circumstances and especially the workings of the State. An analysis of the haoussa group serves to illustrate this new outlook. [Revue française de science politique XXII (5), octobre 1972, pp. 1017-1048.]
THE CRISIS FACING THE STATE AND ETHNIC ASSERTION IN CONTEMPORARY BLACK AFRICA GUY NICOLAS number of problems are raised by the crisis -facing the State in Black Africa There is connection between this imported institution the African national reality and the -facts normally designated by the term ethnic reality Both the realities that the concepts mentioned claim to incorporate and the analyses carried out by numerous specialists may be seen on examination to be superficial and arbitrary and to perpetuate the same errors After being shaped by very specific socio-cultural and historical circumstances introduced without alteration and destined to constitute nations instead of issuing from them the model of the European State has in most cases been diverted from its original vocation by the minority groups that have had control of it As to the reality known by the general term ethnic group it is more varied changing complex and difficult to grasp than is generally indicated by the relevant analyses and in fact corresponds to number of very different socio-cultural structures some of which are modern and have only relative or circumstantial relations with the ethnic reality proper Far from being due to the survival of archaic structures the ethnic opposition movements in fact frequently stem from modern political circumstances and especially the workings of the State An analysis of the haoussa group serves to illustrate this new outlook .Revue fran aise de science politique XXII 5) octobre 1972 pp 1017-1048.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Publié par: REVUE_FRANCAISE_DE_SCIENCE_POLITIQUE0
• Publié le: 01 janvier 1972
• Nombre de lectures: 23
• Langue: Français
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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