Transition now? Another coup d’état in Burkina Faso

IF 1.4 3区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Review of African Political Economy Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI:10.1080/03056244.2022.2075127

Bettina Engels

引用次数: 2

Abstract

SUMMARY The briefing explores the dynamics underpinning the coup d’état in Burkina Faso that took place on 24 to 25 January 2022. It does so by discussing the putschists’ justification to fight threats by non-state armed groups and situates the coup in the history of Burkina Faso. Since formal independence the country has been characterised by strikes, military coups and constitutional referendums. In contrast to 2015, however, when broad popular resistance forced a group of military putschists out of office after only a few days, the trade unions and mass organisations this time do not mobilise active resistance, though in principle they oppose military coups. The briefing raises questions regarding whether the ‘transition phase’ will deliver any substantial change, what might be seen as legitimate forms of regime change, and what the character of political authority is in Burkina Faso, how it might be delivered and by whom.

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现在转型吗?布基纳法索又发生一起政变

摘要简报探讨了2022年1月24日至25日布基纳法索政变背后的动态。它通过讨论政变者对抗非国家武装组织威胁的理由来做到这一点，并将政变置于布基纳法索的历史中。自正式独立以来，该国一直以罢工、军事政变和宪法公投为特点。然而，与2015年相比，当时广泛的民众抵抗迫使一群军事政变者在几天后下台，工会和群众组织这次没有动员积极抵抗，尽管原则上他们反对军事政变。简报提出了以下问题：“过渡阶段”是否会带来任何实质性变革，什么可能被视为合法的政权更迭形式，布基纳法索的政治权威是什么性质，如何实现以及由谁实现。

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Review of African Political Economy Multiple-

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3.00

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7.70%

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期刊介绍： The Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) is a refereed journal committed to encouraging high quality research and fostering excellence in the understanding of African political economy. Published quarterly by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group for the ROAPE international collective it has since 1974 provided radical analysis of trends and issues in Africa. It has paid particular attention to the political economy of inequality, exploitation and oppression, whether driven by global forces or local ones (such as class, race, community and gender), and to materialist interpretations of change in Africa. It has sustained a critical analysis of the nature of power and the state in Africa.