This article examines the roles of social media on youth’s political participation in the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria. It interrogates the roles played by these communication tools in the emancipation and agency of youths while revealing the double-edged implications the devices may have on the democratic processes and aspirants. The article employs both primary and secondary methods of data sourcing. Primary data were obtained from in-depth interviews with social media ‘influencers’ who played vital roles during the 2019 General Election in Nigeria. Further, data were obtained from selected social media accounts of prominent politicians and analysed using content analysis. Secondary data were extracted from books, articles, newspapers and magazines. Also, the study was contextualised using use and gratification theory. The study concluded that social media played a vital role in the 2019 General Election in Nigeria. It revealed how social media contributed to citizens’ power and agency through debates and narratives which were instrumental in agenda-setting for the ruling class and citizens’ democratic expectations. Oluwasola Festus Obisesan, Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. Email: obisesanoluwasolaf@yahoo.com
{"title":"6 - The ‘#tag Generation’: Social Media and Youth Participation in the 2019 General Election in Nigeria","authors":"O. Obisesan","doi":"10.57054/ad.v47i2.2202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v47i2.2202","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000This article examines the roles of social media on youth’s political participation in the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria. It interrogates the roles played by these communication tools in the emancipation and agency of youths while revealing the double-edged implications the devices may have on the democratic processes and aspirants. The article employs both primary and secondary methods of data sourcing. Primary data were obtained from in-depth interviews with social media ‘influencers’ who played vital roles during the 2019 General Election in Nigeria. Further, data were obtained from selected social media accounts of prominent politicians and analysed using content analysis. Secondary data were extracted from books, articles, newspapers and magazines. Also, the study was contextualised using use and gratification theory. The study concluded that social media played a vital role in the 2019 General Election in Nigeria. It revealed how social media contributed to citizens’ power and agency through debates and narratives which were instrumental in agenda-setting for the ruling class and citizens’ democratic expectations. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000Oluwasola Festus Obisesan, Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. Email: obisesanoluwasolaf@yahoo.com \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":39851,"journal":{"name":"Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42036486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Digital technologies for elections were introduced in Kenya with a vision that they would bring election reforms through increasing administrative efficiency, reducing long-term costs, and by enhancing transparency in the electoral process would enhance citizenry inclusivity. Despite the voting exercise taking place without a hitch, the 2017 General Election results were dismissed by various stakeholders who called on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to ‘open the servers’, with witnesses, to use the results inside the servers to verify the ballot papers in the ballot boxes. Promises by IEBC that counting, transmission and verification of results would promote citizens’ rights during the electoral process were not met hence the Swahili phrase, ‘Fungua server’ (Open the servers) was coined. The server became the Holy Grail, the gadget of hope for free and fair elections. Chants of ‘Fungua server’ unveiled the dreaded side of Kenya’s democratisation; of flawed elections and violence that followed. ‘Fungua server’ was a call to free and fair elections. The paradox of technology this article seeks to interrogate was how technology has subverted democratic elections in Kenya; arguing that there is need to demystify the server and focus on electoral transparency as a yardstick of democracy. Joyce Omwoha, PhD, Lecturer, Journalism & Media Studies, Technical University of Kenya. Email: joyceomwoha@gmail.com
{"title":"7 - ‘Open the Servers’: The Implications of Electoral Technology for Kenya’s Democratisation Process","authors":"J. Omwoha","doi":"10.57054/ad.v47i2.2203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v47i2.2203","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000Digital technologies for elections were introduced in Kenya with a vision that they would bring election reforms through increasing administrative efficiency, reducing long-term costs, and by enhancing transparency in the electoral process would enhance citizenry inclusivity. Despite the voting exercise taking place without a hitch, the 2017 General Election results were dismissed by various stakeholders who called on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to ‘open the servers’, with witnesses, to use the results inside the servers to verify the ballot papers in the ballot boxes. Promises by IEBC that counting, transmission and verification of results would promote citizens’ rights during the electoral process were not met hence the Swahili phrase, ‘Fungua server’ (Open the servers) was coined. The server became the Holy Grail, the gadget of hope for free and fair elections. Chants of ‘Fungua server’ unveiled the dreaded side of Kenya’s democratisation; of flawed elections and violence that followed. ‘Fungua server’ was a call to free and fair elections. The paradox of technology this article seeks to interrogate was how technology has subverted democratic elections in Kenya; arguing that there is need to demystify the server and focus on electoral transparency as a yardstick of democracy. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000Joyce Omwoha, PhD, Lecturer, Journalism & Media Studies, Technical University of Kenya. Email: joyceomwoha@gmail.com \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":39851,"journal":{"name":"Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43481742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Okechukwu Obinna Ibeanu, Research Professor (Development Studies), Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria. Email: oibeanu@yahoo.co.uk; ibeanu@hotmail.com
{"title":"2 - Digital Technologies and Election Management in Africa’s Democratisation Process: More Technocratic than Democratic?","authors":"O. Ibeanu","doi":"10.57054/ad.v47i2.2197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v47i2.2197","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000\u0000Okechukwu Obinna Ibeanu, Research Professor (Development Studies), Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria. Email: oibeanu@yahoo.co.uk; ibeanu@hotmail.com\u0000\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":39851,"journal":{"name":"Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44589176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article examines the extent to which the adoption of biometric voter registration in election management in Zimbabwe has appeared a phantom on the horizon regarding democratisation. While the emergence of digitalised election management brought with it expectations of credible electoral processes and outcomes in a country with a history of rampant electoral malpractices in manually managed processes, the phenomenon is yet to yield positive results regarding democratisation in Zimbabwe. Despite the shift from manually managed electoral process to a digitalised approach, the quagmire of irregularities has persisted in Zimbabwean elections. This is largely attributable to the trajectory of governance in Zimbabwe which appears to militate against the exploitation of the opportunities presented by digital technologies in democratising elections in the county. This said, the conclusion drawn from this article is that the configuration of political power, particularly issues of the breach of the democratic principles of separation of power and separation of personnel, are disingenuous to technology-induced democratic transition to credible elections. Secondary research was used to obtain data for this article as data were gathered from books, journal articles, newspaper articles and institutional reports. Torque Mude, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics and Public Management, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. Research Fellow, Regional Integration and AfCFTA Cluster, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Africa, Kigali, Rwanda. Email: mudetorque@gmail.com; mudeta@staff.msu.ac.zw; torque.mude@un.org
{"title":"9 - Digital Technologies and Election Management in Zimbabwe: Pseudo-democratic Transition and Contorted Delirium?","authors":"Torque Mude","doi":"10.57054/ad.v47i2.2205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v47i2.2205","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000This article examines the extent to which the adoption of biometric voter registration in election management in Zimbabwe has appeared a phantom on the horizon regarding democratisation. While the emergence of digitalised election management brought with it expectations of credible electoral processes and outcomes in a country with a history of rampant electoral malpractices in manually managed processes, the phenomenon is yet to yield positive results regarding democratisation in Zimbabwe. Despite the shift from manually managed electoral process to a digitalised approach, the quagmire of irregularities has persisted in Zimbabwean elections. This is largely attributable to the trajectory of governance in Zimbabwe which appears to militate against the exploitation of the opportunities presented by digital technologies in democratising elections in the county. This said, the conclusion drawn from this article is that the configuration of political power, particularly issues of the breach of the democratic principles of separation of power and separation of personnel, are disingenuous to technology-induced democratic transition to credible elections. Secondary research was used to obtain data for this article as data were gathered from books, journal articles, newspaper articles and institutional reports. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000Torque Mude, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics and Public Management, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. Research Fellow, Regional Integration and AfCFTA Cluster, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Africa, Kigali, Rwanda. Email: mudetorque@gmail.com; mudeta@staff.msu.ac.zw; torque.mude@un.org \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":39851,"journal":{"name":"Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46004489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
« ... les citoyens ont la capacité de gouverner parce qu’ils peuvent s’informer ». Goupil 2007:38 Le processus électoral en Afrique ne cesse de surprendre bon nombre d’observateurs. Une des dernières innovations des pouvoirs en place, c’est la coupure intempestive de l’internet avant, pendant ou après le scrutin. D’où la question au centre du débat : l’ordre public électoral peut-il justifier la restriction du droit d’accès à l’internet ? Pour y répondre, les élections couplées de décembre 2018 au Congo-Kinshasa ont été au centre de cette étude. Ainsi, pendant cette période, deux approches ont émergé. Axée sur le monopole de la contrainte avec ses présupposés philosophiques de hiérarchie, d’ordre et de normativité d’en haut, et liée au double passé colonial et dictatorial du pays de Lumumba, la tendance étatiste se fonde sur la raison d’État sous couvert de l’ordre public qui tend à contrecarrer l’intervention citoyenne sur la scène publique. De l’autre côté, le modèle égalitariste, sous la houlette des défenseurs des droits humains et des activistes de mouvements citoyens, s’appuie sur le caractère sacré et fondamental du droit d’accès à l’internet, une composante essentielle du droit à l’information et de la liberté d’expression. Dans une approche à la fois systémique et historique, notre analyse débouche sur un modèle « entre- deux » : le modèle contractualiste, qui marie l’ordre public aux exigences démocratiques de la surveillance e-citoyenne du processus électoral. Jacques Kambale Bira’Mbovote, Assistant et doctorant, faculté de droit, chercheur au CRIDHAC et au Centre d’études politiques (CEP)/Université de Kinshasa. Email : jacqueskambale01@gmail.com
«...公民有治理的能力，因为他们可以获取信息。”Goupil 2007:38非洲的选举过程继续让许多观察家感到惊讶。当权者最新的创新之一是在选举前、期间或之后突然关闭互联网。因此，辩论的核心问题是:选举公共秩序能否成为限制上网权利的理由?为了回答这个问题，刚果-金沙萨2018年12月的选举是本研究的重点。因此，在此期间出现了两种方法。注重独霸与其哲学假设应力等级,奉和上面的规范性、双挂钩卢蒙巴的殖民历史和国家的独裁国家中央集权主义的趋势,基于理性秩序为借口,倾向于抵制公共舞台上的普通人参与。另一方面，在人权维护者和公民运动活动人士的领导下，平等主义模式依赖于上网权的神圣性和基本性质，这是知情权和言论自由的重要组成部分。在系统和历史的方法中，我们的分析导致了一种“中间”模式:契约主义模式，它将公共秩序与电子公民监督选举过程的民主要求结合起来。Jacques Kambale bira ' mbovote，法学院助理和博士生，金沙萨大学CRIDHAC和政治研究中心研究员。邮箱:jacqueskambale01@gmail.com
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The adoption of technology in electoral democracy in Africa has been on the increase. The introduction of technology has its positive consideration but it also comes with cost and trust implications, which is a paradox. This study is a descriptive work which made use of both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Electionadministrationtheorywasadopted.Toimproveontheuseofdigital technologies, Africans should be mindful of the failure of digital checks and balances that often render an electoral process even more vulnerable to rigging than it was before. In designing new systems for election management, this article argues that Africans should look inward and integrate the new technologies into relevant environmental and cultural settings in order to reduce the cost while improving on the trust of electorates. Felicia Osondu Okwueze, Department of Public Administration and Local Government, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. Email: osondu.okwueze@unn.edu.ng
{"title":"10 - Interrogating the Cost of Digital Technology and Trust in Elections in Africa: The Nigerian Perspective","authors":"F. Okwueze","doi":"10.57054/ad.v47i2.2206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v47i2.2206","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000The adoption of technology in electoral democracy in Africa has been on the increase. The introduction of technology has its positive consideration but it also comes with cost and trust implications, which is a paradox. This study is a descriptive work which made use of both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Electionadministrationtheorywasadopted.Toimproveontheuseofdigital technologies, Africans should be mindful of the failure of digital checks and balances that often render an electoral process even more vulnerable to rigging than it was before. In designing new systems for election management, this article argues that Africans should look inward and integrate the new technologies into relevant environmental and cultural settings in order to reduce the cost while improving on the trust of electorates. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000Felicia Osondu Okwueze, Department of Public Administration and Local Government, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. Email: osondu.okwueze@unn.edu.ng \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":39851,"journal":{"name":"Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44150257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elections can be described as the hallmark of democracy and integral for a democratic society to remain stable. However, electoral process in Nigeria has been marred with fraud and violence. Electoral violence and fraud remain a major threat to the stability of democracy in Nigeria. To reduce the occurrence of violence and fraud, INEC introduced the Smart Card Reader (SCR) which was used to verify the authenticity of the Permanent Voters Card (PVC). The use of ICT during the 2019 elections limited the extent to which political actors can intimidate or harass INEC officials to commit electoral fraud, it also reduced the number of electoral petitions and in Lagos State, there was a reduction in violence experienced during the elections. Ifeanyi .U. Chukwuma, Researcher, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Email: ify.chukwuma@yahoo.com
{"title":"8 - The Role of ICT in Curtailing Electoral Fraud and Violence in Nigeria: A Study of the 2019 General Election in Lagos State","authors":"I. Chukwuma","doi":"10.57054/ad.v47i2.2204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v47i2.2204","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000\u0000Elections can be described as the hallmark of democracy and integral for a democratic society to remain stable. However, electoral process in Nigeria has been marred with fraud and violence. Electoral violence and fraud remain a major threat to the stability of democracy in Nigeria. To reduce the occurrence of violence and fraud, INEC introduced the Smart Card Reader (SCR) which was used to verify the authenticity of the Permanent Voters Card (PVC). The use of ICT during the 2019 elections limited the extent to which political actors can intimidate or harass INEC officials to commit electoral fraud, it also reduced the number of electoral petitions and in Lagos State, there was a reduction in violence experienced during the elections.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Ifeanyi .U. Chukwuma, Researcher, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Email: ify.chukwuma@yahoo.com\u0000\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":39851,"journal":{"name":"Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45728840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cet article, qui traite de l’impact de la machine à voter (MAV) dans l’élection présidentielle de 2018 en République démocratique du Congo, se base sur l’analyse et le croisement des documents provenant de la Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI), de la Conférence épiscopale nationale du Congo (CENCO), des journaux locaux et internationaux collectés sur l’internet et d’autres travaux portant sur les élections en Afrique et dans le monde, et sur le vote électronique. Il en ressort que le choix porté par la CENI d’utiliser la MAV dans le but de réduire la fraude et d’améliorer l’efficacité du processus électoral congolais entraîne la résistance de certaines formations politiques et des organisations de la société civile hostiles à son utilisation, qui y voient une manœuvre du président sortant afin de faire élire son dauphin. Antomella Kornégie Atipo, Docteur en histoire contemporaine, enseignante, Faculté des Lettres, Arts et Sciences humaines / chercheure, Interdisciplinaire Groupe de recherche sur l’Afrique contemporaine, université Marien Ngouabi. Email : antomellaatipo@gmail.com
{"title":"5 - Machine à voter et résistance politique à l’élection présidentielle de 2018 en RDC","authors":"Antomella Kornégie Atipo","doi":"10.57054/ad.v47i2.2201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v47i2.2201","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000Cet article, qui traite de l’impact de la machine à voter (MAV) dans l’élection présidentielle de 2018 en République démocratique du Congo, se base sur l’analyse et le croisement des documents provenant de la Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI), de la Conférence épiscopale nationale du Congo (CENCO), des journaux locaux et internationaux collectés sur l’internet et d’autres travaux portant sur les élections en Afrique et dans le monde, et sur le vote électronique. Il en ressort que le choix porté par la CENI d’utiliser la MAV dans le but de réduire la fraude et d’améliorer l’efficacité du processus électoral congolais entraîne la résistance de certaines formations politiques et des organisations de la société civile hostiles à son utilisation, qui y voient une manœuvre du président sortant afin de faire élire son dauphin. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000Antomella Kornégie Atipo, Docteur en histoire contemporaine, enseignante, Faculté des Lettres, Arts et Sciences humaines / chercheure, Interdisciplinaire Groupe de recherche sur l’Afrique contemporaine, université Marien Ngouabi. Email : antomellaatipo@gmail.com \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":39851,"journal":{"name":"Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47127373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Text of the Inaugural Thandika Mkandawire Annual Memorial Lecture presented at the 3rd edition of the Social Policy in Africa Conference convened virtually from 22–24 November 2021. Fantu Cheru, Emeritus Professor of International Political Economy, American University, Washington, DC. Email: cherufantu@gmail.com
{"title":"1 - On Resuscitating the Aborted National Project: A Retrospective and Prospective View (Notes from my Last Conversation with Thandika Mkandawire)","authors":"F. Cheru","doi":"10.57054/ad.v47i2.2196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v47i2.2196","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000\u0000Text of the Inaugural Thandika Mkandawire Annual Memorial Lecture presented at the 3rd edition of the Social Policy in Africa Conference convened virtually from 22–24 November 2021.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Fantu Cheru, Emeritus Professor of International Political Economy, American University, Washington, DC. Email: cherufantu@gmail.com\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":39851,"journal":{"name":"Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44782754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sur la base de la méthodologie qualitative alliant données de terrain et documentation, cet article vise, à travers une étude au sein du syndicat RESAFIG (Renouveau syndical des agents des Finances générales), à comprendre les processus sociaux de légitimation de la technique de vote à l’œuvre dans les organisations syndicales en Côte d’Ivoire. De manière spécifique, elle montre, au prisme de la théorie de la légitimité organisationnelle, que les contraintes internes et externes au syndicat induisent le maintien du vote physique, bien que cette technique produise un faible taux de participation électorale et un recul démocratique. Sur cette base, l’analyse conclut, d’une part, que la satisfaction par les dirigeants syndicaux des attentes socio-corporatistes des syndiqués est la source légitimant le contournement du vote électronique. D’autre part, des responsables syndicaux intimidés et punis par l’État du fait des revendications corporatistes phagocytent indirectement l’engagement politique des syndiqués, ce qui traduit leur indifférence à l’égard du maintien du vote physique. Yao Adoman Francis Kouadio, Docteur en sociologie, membre du Cabinet d’étude West Africa Social Science Laboratory (WASSLAB), chercheur associé au Bureau des Etudes Stratégiques (BESTRAT). E-mail : adomanfrancis@gmail.com
定性方法的基础上,结合实地数据和文档,本文旨在通过对RESAFIG工会内部的财务人员工会(复兴),一般的技术了解社交过程合法化的作品投票,在工会组织在科特迪瓦。具体来说，它通过组织合法性理论的棱镜表明，工会内部和外部的约束导致了实物投票的维持，尽管这种技术导致了低投票率和民主倒退。在此基础上，分析得出结论，一方面，工会领导人对工会成员的社会社团期望的满意是绕过电子投票的合法来源。另一方面，工会领导人因社团主义的要求而受到国家的恐吓和惩罚，间接地侵蚀了工会成员的政治承诺，反映出他们对维持实物投票的漠不关心。Yao Adoman Francis Kouadio，社会学博士，西非社会科学实验室(WASSLAB)成员，战略研究局(BESTRAT)副研究员。电子邮件:adomanfrancis@gmail.com
{"title":"3 - L’illusion du e-voting dans les organisations syndicales de Côte d’Ivoire1 : entre légitimité et défis démocratiques","authors":"Yao Adoman Francis Kouadio","doi":"10.57054/ad.v47i2.2198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v47i2.2198","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000Sur la base de la méthodologie qualitative alliant données de terrain et documentation, cet article vise, à travers une étude au sein du syndicat RESAFIG (Renouveau syndical des agents des Finances générales), à comprendre les processus sociaux de légitimation de la technique de vote à l’œuvre dans les organisations syndicales en Côte d’Ivoire. De manière spécifique, elle montre, au prisme de la théorie de la légitimité organisationnelle, que les contraintes internes et externes au syndicat induisent le maintien du vote physique, bien que cette technique produise un faible taux de participation électorale et un recul démocratique. Sur cette base, l’analyse conclut, d’une part, que la satisfaction par les dirigeants syndicaux des attentes socio-corporatistes des syndiqués est la source légitimant le contournement du vote électronique. D’autre part, des responsables syndicaux intimidés et punis par l’État du fait des revendications corporatistes phagocytent indirectement l’engagement politique des syndiqués, ce qui traduit leur indifférence à l’égard du maintien du vote physique. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000Yao Adoman Francis Kouadio, Docteur en sociologie, membre du Cabinet d’étude West Africa Social Science Laboratory (WASSLAB), chercheur associé au Bureau des Etudes Stratégiques (BESTRAT). E-mail : adomanfrancis@gmail.com \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":39851,"journal":{"name":"Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45348223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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