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Peace process in côte d'ivoire and the challenges to be met to consolidate peace
No full textInternational audienceThe attainment of full democracy remains elusive to even some of the greatest nations in the world. The West African country of Côte d’Ivoire, which experienced a violent post-electoral crisis (November 2010 to April 2011) within the midst of 19 years of political instability which started in 1993, also seeks to consolidate democratisation. The goal is not impossible to realise, but is dependent on the reconciliation of all stakeholders in the conflict and all sectors of society. This paper examines the reasons why the 2010 presidential elections led to violent conflict, which resulted in the deaths of civilians. It will also discuss the lessons which can be drawn from this crisis, and the strategies which should be implemented to achieve sustainable peace in Côte d’Ivoire
Negotiating seemingly intractable conflict : the case of Casamance conflict
No full textInternational audienceThis paper examines the possible sources of intractability of the Casamance conflict and suggests how they should best be addressed in order to negotiate an agreement. The conflict in Casamance in Senegal is now one of the oldest in Africa. It is rooted in historical, socio-economic, political and cultural ramifications. In addition to such causes, which are themselves difficult to negotiate, other problems have emerged. These include the division of the military wing into several different factions, the absence of a head of the political wing, economic and cultural frustration, the failure of several ceasefires, and the behavior of neighboring countries. The analysis of these causes and the lessons learned allow us to state that the conflict seemingly matches many symptoms of intractable conflicts. But an intractable conflict is never completely intractable. That is why we propose some solutions for successful future negotiations. Amongst them are reinforcing trust, using official and unofficial mediation, setting up a Secretariat of State for Peace in Casamance, and negotiating a global and inclusive settlement
La renégociation du partenariat entre Orano (ex-Areva) et l’Etat du Niger en 2013 : relations avec les parties prenantes et politique RSE.
No full textInternational audienceCet article traite du rôle des parties prenantes de la multinationale Orano dans le contexte des négociations pour le renouvellement du partenariat avec l'Etat du Niger pour l'exploitation de l'uranium. Une cartographie des parties prenantes primaires et secondaires aurait permis à Orano de mener une meilleure négociation mais également d'optimiser la gestion de ses relations avec ses différentes parties prenantes. Une politique RSE plus généreuse et mieux ciblée faciliterait ses relations avec certaines parties prenantes centrifuges comme les ONG et les associations locales. Quant à l'Etat du Niger, l'enjeu fut de rééquilibrer le partenariat pour augmenter ses recettes budgétaires pour une meilleure maîtrise de ses objectifs de développement
Negotiating peace agreements in internal conflicts: What Perspectives ?
No full textInternational audienceThis article aims to discuss mediation and negotiation in internal conflicts that are difficult to resolve and can even become intractable. Military victory, although difficult in such types of conflicts, seems to be one of the solutions recommended even if the bitterness left by war constitutes a risk of resurgence of the conflict. Other solutions are instead in favor of mediation and negotiation. These types of solutions sometimes take longer to implement because of the nature of these identity-based conflicts. Nevertheless, they have the merit of being built on an agreement accepted by the various protagonists. In this theoretical article, my objective is to make initial suggestions for early mediation at the premises of the conflict instead of repression. The latter, often put forward by some governments to stifle the causes of the conflict, only work to worsen the disputes to the point of becoming a political conflict
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Business diplomacy: asymmetry and symmetry of power in negotiations between multi-nationals and governments in the case of Areva and Niger
No full textInternational audienceThis article is a case study that examines the asymmetry of power between the Government of Niger and Areva concerning the renewal of their partnership, which lasted 40 years. The weakness and instability of the state of Niger, and a deficit in terms of democracy and transparency are factors which long influenced negotiations between the two actors and determined the distribution of power between them. But results show that change because it is the first time that the country has made such a breakthrough in negotiations about its uranium deposits
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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