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A Country Study: Ivory Coast Library of Congress Call Number DT545.22 .C66 1990

* Cóte d'Ivoire/ Ivory Coast * Foreword * Acknowledgements * Preface * Country Profile o Country o Geography o Society o Economy o Transportation o Government and Politics o National Security * Introduction

* Chapter 1 - Historical Setting (Rachel Warner) o Pre-European Period o Arrival of the Europeans o French Expansion in Cóte d'Ivoire + Local Resistance and Establishment of Protectorates + Repression and Conquest o French Rule Until World War II               + Evolution of Colonial Policy + Colonial Administration + Economic Development and Social Change o Impact of World War II               + Brazzaville Conference + French Union + Regional Political Cooperation o Transformation of the Democratic Party of Cóte d'Ivoire o Reform and the French Community o Independence and the Institutionalization of the One-Party System o Internal Dissent and Further Consolidation of Power + Changes in Government and Party Structures + Sources of Popular Discontent + Consolidation of Power in the 1960's and 1970's          o Economic and Political Issue of the Late 1970's AND 1980's                + Growing Economic Problems + Succession Question + Party Decentralization + Discontent on Campus + Other Sources of Discontent

* Chapter 2 - The Society and Its Environment (Rita M. Byrnes) o Physical Setting + Location and Size + Physical Features # The Lagoon Region # The Forest Region # The Savanna + Rivers + Climate o Population + Distribution + Composition o Ethnic Groups and Languages + Ethnic Diversity + Language Diversity + Lineage Patterns + East Atlantic Cultures # Akan # Lagoon Cultures + West Atlantic Cultures # Kru # The Southern Mandé + Mandé Cultures + Voltaic Cultures + Foreigners o The Role of Religion + Local Religions # Religions of the South # Religions of the North + World Religions # Islam # Christianity + Syncretic Religions o Social Organization and Social Change + Urban Society + Elites + The Role of Women + Social Attitudes o Education + The Education System # Primary Education # Secondary Education # Higher Education # Teachers + Problems in Education o Health and Welfare + Social Programs + Social Problems

* Chapter 3 - The Economy (Robert E. Handloff and Judith Timyan) o Growth and Structure of the Economy o Role of Government + Public Investment + Budget + Banking and Finance # Interest and Investment Policies # The Stock Exchange o Labor + Wages and Income Distribution + Labor Unions o Agriculture + Land Use # Resources # Tenure + Cocoa + Coffee + Timber + Diversification Crops + Food Crops + Animal Husbandry + Fisheries o Manufacturing o Energy + Electricity + Other Energy Sources o Extractive Industries + Petroleum + Natural Gas + Other Minerals o Transportation and Communications + Railroads + Roads + Ports and Maritime Shipping + Air Transport + Telecommunications o Foreign Trade and Commerce o Balance of Payments and Foreign Assistance + National Debt + Foreign Assistance o Future of the Economy

* Chapter 4 - Government and Politics (Robert E. Handloff) o Formal Power + The Constitution + Civil Rights + The Executive + The National Assembly + The Economic and Social Council + Judicial System + Local Government o Actual Power + The Party + Party Organization + Orientation Toward the Political System o Interest Groups and National Politics + Political Issues # Single-Party Democracy # Succession # Equity Issues and Ethnic Tensions # Ivoirianization # Government Responses + Interest Groups # Labor # Military + The French + The Levantine Community + Students and Intellectuals o Foreign Relations + Relations and the Council of the Entente + Relations with Ghana, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali + Relations with Other African States + Relations with France + Relations with the United States + Relations with the Soviet Union and China + Relations with Israel

* Chapter 5 - National Security (Joseph P. Smaldone) o Armed Forces + Early Development + Constitutional, Legal, and Administrative Structure + Defense Mission and National Policy + Recruitment and Conditions of Service + Training + Foreign Influences o Role of the Armed Forces in Society + The Military in National Perspective + National Service and Veterans Groups o Internal Security + Domestic Security + Human Rights + Internal Security Organization and Forces + Crime and Punishment # Criminal Justice System # Prison System # Incidence and Trends in Crime # Police Response to Increased Crime # Public Response: "Psychose Sécuritaire"

* Appendix. Tables * Bibliography * Glossary