Francophone Africa: The Enduring French Connection

Staniland, Martin

doi:10.1177/0002716287489001005

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“…The latter refers to a form of North-South collaboration that involves collaboration between an ex-colonial ruler and its former colony in the developing world. France is a very good example of a former colonial power that has maintained close relations with its former colonies since their independence [STANILAND, 1987]. NAGTEGAAL & DE BRUIN [1994] studied the neo-colonial dependency of 12 former colonies in Africa, the Caribbean and Asia, and found that neo-colonial ties in science reflect a strong regional focus.…”

Section: North-south Collaboration and Neo-colonialismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neo-colonialism and research collaboration in Central Africa

2009

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The study examines aspects of both neo-colonial ties and neo-colonial science in research papers produced by Central African countries. The primary focus is on the extent and pattern of neo-colonial ties and other foreign participation in the co-authorship of Central African research papers. The analysis revealed that 80% of Central Africa's research papers are produced in collaboration with a partner from outside the region. Moreover, 46% of papers are produced in collaboration with European countries as the only partner, and 35% in collaboration with past colonial rulers. The top collaborating countries are France (32%), the USA (14%), and the UK and Germany (both 12%). Foreign powers also facilitate the production of regionally and continentally co-authored papers in Central Africa, where European countries participate in 77% of regionally co-authored papers.The practice of neo-colonial science, on the other hand, features in a survey of reprint authors of Cameroonian papers. The survey investigated specific contributions made by Cameroon coauthors to the research processes underlying a paper. Cameroonian researchers contribute intellectually and conceptually to the production of research papers, irrespective of whether the collaboration involves partners from past colonial or non-colonial countries. Their most frequent role in collaborative research with foreign researchers remains the conduct of fieldwork.

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Section: North-south Collaboration and Neo-colonialismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neo-colonialism and research collaboration in Central Africa

2009

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“…It is therefore not far fetched to find indications of a residual colonial attitude in France today, an attitude that is arguably perpetuated because of the paternalistic postcolonial relationship that France maintains with its former colonies, particularly in Africa. Staniland (1987: 61) argues that such French–African relations cannot be understood in terms of the normal ‘conventions of analysis and practice in international affairs’ because of the breadth of cultural and economic relationships that remain. In some instances, former colonies and/or DROMs stand to benefit from these relationships and there is a clear advantage for most Réunionnais in being part of France and therefore heavily financially subsidized.…”

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“…In some instances, former colonies and/or DROMs stand to benefit from these relationships and there is a clear advantage for most Réunionnais in being part of France and therefore heavily financially subsidized. In other cases, notably in Africa, the postcolonial relationship can unfortunately hide ongoing inequity, dependence and exploitation (Staniland, 1987: 53), and it is likely that it is these negative aspects of French colonial relations that underlie the initial ‘distancing’ of metropolitan health authorities from the 2005–6 public health emergency in the Indian Ocean.…”

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The failure of colonial ‘distancing’: Changing representations of the 2005–06 chikungunya epidemic in Réunion, France

Weinstein

Ravi

2008

Singap J Trop Geogr

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In 2005-06, the Indian Ocean island of Réunion, an overseas department of France, experienced a massive epidemic of the mosquito-borne viral infection chikungunya. Public health authorities in metropolitan France were arguably slow to react, and we explore their representations and management of the epidemic in the context of tropicality and colonial discourse. We analyse official reports on the epidemic from the bulletins of the Institut de Veillance Sanitaire (Institute for Health Surveillance) for changes in representations of risk posed by chikungunya to metropolitan France, in the emphasis on control measures for the epidemic and in descriptions of chikungunya case symptomatologies, and compare these with parallel representations of another epidemic, flu, already known in metropolitan France. Our findings illustrate that official responses to chikungunya at the beginning of the epidemic are suggestive of a centred tropicality: there is no perceived risk to metropolitan France because of its nontropical climate; thus, there is no justification for costly control measures for a disease inevitable in the tropics; and therefore the symptoms of French nationals in overseas departments in the tropics can be described in detached terms so as to generate knowledge about the disease. However, this 'distancing' fails with the perceived risk to metropolitan France towards the end of the epidemic in late 2006, when representations are more consistent with a decentred tropicality: the concept of a protective metropolitan French climate is abandoned; the need for a whole-of-society involvement in control measures is accepted; and symptoms are described using more inclusive language. Similar changes are not found in official reports on the flu epidemic.

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“…Charbonneau (2008) writes that following the independence of these colonies, their relationship with France was ''restructured'' to ensure that France maintained a military presence and political influence in the newly independent states. As a result of these political liaisons, France maintains military bases in several of its former colonies that guarantee means to intervene in case the stability of the former colonial states in the region is threatened internally or externally (Staniland, 1987;Wyss, 2013). These costly commitments further benefit France's image as a great power (Gregory, 2000).…”

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Colonial ties and civil conflict intervention: Clarifying the causal mechanisms

Chacha

Stojek

2016

Conflict Management and Peace Science

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Civil war intervention literature identifies colonial history as influencing the likelihood of interventions. This literature, however, has yet to clarify the mechanisms through which colonial history influences interventions. We develop and test an argument linking the relations established by colonialism—economic, political, and social—with interventions. We find that colonial history influences interventions, but its effect matters less once we control for these three relations. Importantly, we find that this effect of colonial history is particularly small in dyads with stronger economic relations. Our paper gives further credence to liberal arguments emphasizing the role of economic factors in international security.

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Francophone Africa: The Enduring French Connection

Cited by 17 publications

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Neo-colonialism and research collaboration in Central Africa

Neo-colonialism and research collaboration in Central Africa

The failure of colonial ‘distancing’: Changing representations of the 2005–06 chikungunya epidemic in Réunion, France

Colonial ties and civil conflict intervention: Clarifying the causal mechanisms

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