Armed with Real Guns: Student Unions, Student Identity, and Violence in Côte d'Ivoire

Autor/in	Johnson, Ane Turner
Titel	Armed with Real Guns: Student Unions, Student Identity, and Violence in Côte d'Ivoire
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 38 (2019) 3, S.522-536 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Johnson, Ane Turner)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2018.1551332
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; Student Unions; Violence; Self Concept; Identification (Psychology); Activism; Context Effect; Social Influences; Politics of Education; Conflict; Student Development; Cote d'Ivoire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Studentenvereinigung; Studentenvertretung; Gewalt; Selbstkonzept; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Sozialer Einfluss; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Konflikt
Abstract	African higher education has been the site of repeated contestations over identity. Higher education institutions, as spaces made up of individuals claiming a diversity of identities, are susceptible to conflict when identities are influenced by politicians and paramilitary groups seeking to advance their political agendas on campus through the use of ethnic, religious, and nationalist rhetoric. This qualitative case study of a university in Côte d'Ivoire explored how students engaged in violent political student union activities on campus constructed and enacted their identities through the lens of self-authorship. Findings suggest that student identities are context-dependent and change according to the observer; that self-authorship is difficult due to highly politicized external formulas and social structures; and that, without student support services, vulnerable students may succumb to violent identity enactment and discourse mechanisms. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01