International audienceStudies of state administration have occupied a prominent place in social sciences. However, current literature offers little understanding of its functioning in states governed by violence. The article seeks to provide an analysis of the formation and practices of local administration in Chad. How does the local state govern the inter-war, i.e. the spaces and times which are affected by a violent mode of governing and where war remains on the horizon ? The article shows how clientelism, state illegal practices and predation (as a result of impunity granted to local state officials) are a form of continuation of the war. State violence is all the more efficient that it is combined with the local state’s firm grip on pe...
Civil wars do not only destroy existing political orders. They contribute to shaping new ones, and t...
Since independence, many African states have experienced large-scale instability as a result of nume...
Contribution au blog "Reinventig Peace", World Peace Foundation/Fletcher School at Tufts University....
International audienceStudies of state administration have occupied a prominent place in social scie...
Living by the Gun in Chad. The Interwar Government "How do people live by the gun in a country chara...
Wadai is on the fringe of contemporary Chad. It is plagued by social conflicts which are the result ...
International audienceHow do people live in a country that has experienced rebellions and state-orga...
International audienceHow do people live in a country that has experienced rebellions and state-orga...
In the thesis, I have studied to what extent French interests have lead France to use military force...
In 1916, the military conquest of Chad is over. Yet, in the following years, more or less organized ...
International audienceThis article presents and analyzes a set of institutional manifestations of vi...
International audienceThis article explores men in arms' conceptions of armed violence in a country ...
This article discusses how the western war on terror contributed to save the president Déby and his ...
This article discusses how the western war on terror contributed to save the president Déby and his ...
How far do neo-malthusian theories on environmental conflicts apply to the east of Chad ?Food shorta...
Civil wars do not only destroy existing political orders. They contribute to shaping new ones, and t...
Since independence, many African states have experienced large-scale instability as a result of nume...
Contribution au blog "Reinventig Peace", World Peace Foundation/Fletcher School at Tufts University....
International audienceStudies of state administration have occupied a prominent place in social scie...
Living by the Gun in Chad. The Interwar Government "How do people live by the gun in a country chara...
Wadai is on the fringe of contemporary Chad. It is plagued by social conflicts which are the result ...
International audienceHow do people live in a country that has experienced rebellions and state-orga...
International audienceHow do people live in a country that has experienced rebellions and state-orga...
In the thesis, I have studied to what extent French interests have lead France to use military force...
In 1916, the military conquest of Chad is over. Yet, in the following years, more or less organized ...
International audienceThis article presents and analyzes a set of institutional manifestations of vi...
International audienceThis article explores men in arms' conceptions of armed violence in a country ...
This article discusses how the western war on terror contributed to save the president Déby and his ...
This article discusses how the western war on terror contributed to save the president Déby and his ...
How far do neo-malthusian theories on environmental conflicts apply to the east of Chad ?Food shorta...
Civil wars do not only destroy existing political orders. They contribute to shaping new ones, and t...
Since independence, many African states have experienced large-scale instability as a result of nume...
Contribution au blog "Reinventig Peace", World Peace Foundation/Fletcher School at Tufts University....