Id Wars in Cote D''ivoire - A Political Ethnography of Identification and Citizenship

This book explores Côte d'Ivoire's 'ID war' as a paradigmatic case of a citizenship crisis, centered on the access to national identity cards and certificates.

Sommario

• Introduction: The Social Life of IDs in Côte d'Ivoire


• 1: Biometrics, Citizenship, and the Documentary State


• 2: The Politics of Identification. Genealogy of a Citizenship Crisis


• 3: 'Guns for Papers'


• 4: The Biometrics of Post-Conflict Reconstruction


• 5: The Fabric of Statelessness


• 6: Margouillats, Kamikaze Papers, and the René Caillié Arrangement


• 7: Moral Credit Cards

Info autore

Richard Banégas is a Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po Center for International Studies and Scientific Director of Sciences Po's Africa Program, dedicated most of his research to West African politics and the African Great Lakes region. From 2015 to 2020, he coordinated a collective research on identification and citizenship in Africa, and with Columbia University, he led another program on street politics in West Africa. His research focused on Côte d'Ivoire where he explored issues of citizenship, violence and youth mobilization.

Armando Cutolo, PhD, is the Director of Master in Anthropology of the Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences of the University of Sienna. After having carried out a long-term field-research on the 'street parliaments' of Ivorian nationalists, he has focused on the struggles revolving around citizenship and identification, and joined the ANR-Papiers d'identité en Afrique research program based at Sciences Po-La Sorbonne.

Riassunto

This book explores Côte d'Ivoire's 'ID war' as a paradigmatic case of a citizenship crisis, centered on the access to national identity cards and certificates.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Prof Richard (Professor of Political Scie Banegas, Richard Banégas, Armando Cutolo
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 22.08.2024
• EAN: 9780192870476
• ISBN: 978-0-19-287047-6
• Pagine: 352
• Serie: Oxford Studies In African Politics And International Relations
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, International Relations, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Political science & theory, Social and cultural anthropology, Political science and theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Ivory Coast