Between Postcolonialism and Equal Partnership

The Legitimization Strategies of French Military Interventions in Mali and the Central African Republic

Jasmin Auerbach

• Publisher: LIT Verlag
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9783643964793
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Cultural & Social Anthropology
• Index: Social Sciences

French interventionism in African countries often faces accusation of postcolonialism. Although President Hollande announced that France would build equal relations towards African states, he decided to intervene in Mali and the Central African Republic (CAR). Contributing to understandings of France's Africa policy, this thesis compares the legitimization discourse of French military operations in Mali and the CAR. It provides new findings by examining postcolonial legitimization strategies as well as contrasting strategies based on equal partnership through a qualitative content analysis. Jasmin Auerbach completed her master's degree in Political Science at the Leibniz University Hannover. Her research focus is peace and conflict studies.
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Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Historical Developments of France’s Africa Policy
• 3 Conflict in Mali
• 4 Conflict in the CAR
• 5 State of Research
• 6 Theoretical Approach
• 7 Methodological Approach
• 8 Operationalization
• 9 Analysis
• 10 Conclusion
• References