| ID | 169942 |
| Title Proper | Privileged Sphere of Comparison |
| Other Title Information | Empire, Methods and Conflict Intervention |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Charbonneau, Bruno |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Comparison is a method that cannot avoid that its concepts are approximations made for specific audiences or purposes. Deployed to compare armed conflicts, it naturalises the state as the central unit of analysis and the intervention as the external context. This article proposes a strategy that reveals the colonial legacies that form or perform the units of analysis. The possibility of comparing Côte d’Ivoire and Mali appears only when one considers a prior comparison: between Francophone Africa and other ‘worlds’. The construction of a French privileged sphere of intervention is inextricably tied to establishing a privileged sphere of comparison. |
| `In' analytical Note | Civil Wars Vol. 21, No.4; Dec 2019: p.514-538 |
| Journal Source | Civil Wars Vol: 21 No 4 |
| Key Words | Empire ; Methods ; Conflict Intervention |