Is Ivorian Politics left wing or right wing?

On economic organisation Ivorian Politics scores +05 on a scale from −10 (common ownership) to +10 (private property and markets). On social and cultural order it scores +06. A single left–right figure combines these and four further measurements that move independently, which is why the atlas reports six.

Is Ivorian Politics authoritarian?

On the organisation of power, which measures whether authority is dispersed among institutions that can stop each other or concentrated in a single centre, Ivorian Politics scores +05. The ivoirité doctrine and disputed elections produced civil wars in 2002 and 2010; elections have continued since.

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Ivorian Politics

RHDP / PDCI · 1990– · Côte d'Ivoire · Big-Tent Clientelist · Held state power · coding confidence medium

+05ECmarket

+06CUtraditional

+05AUmonist

+04SCcentral

+06IDascriptive

+01CHcoercive

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

A cocoa economy whose politics turned on a doctrine of national authenticity that excluded much of the northern population from candidacy.

Economic model

The world's largest cocoa producer; infrastructure investment; sharp regional inequality.

Organisation of powers

The ivoirité doctrine and disputed elections produced civil wars in 2002 and 2010; elections have continued since.

Reading note

A textbook case of a membership rule written to exclude a specific rival, and of what followed.

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The evidence for every score

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EC · Economic organisation · scored +05

Coded +5: the world's largest cocoa producer with heavy infrastructure investment.

Comparative datasetCocoa provides the majority of export earnings.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored +06

Coded +6: religiously divided between a Muslim north and Christian south.

ScholarshipThe religious and regional cleavage maps onto the political one closely.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +05

Coded +5: disputed elections producing two civil wars.

Documented act or statuteThe 2010 election dispute produced a war and the arrest of the incumbent, later acquitted at the ICC.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +04

Coded +4: a centralised state with appointed prefects.

Documented act or statuteDecentralisation has been limited despite repeated reform announcements.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +06

Coded +6: the ivoirité doctrine excluding northern-origin candidates.

Documented act or statuteA constitutional requirement that both parents be Ivorian-born barred the main opposition leader for years.

CH · Method and tempo · scored +01

Coded +1: elections punctuated by armed conflict.

Documented act or statuteWars followed the disputed results of 2002 and 2010.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

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Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). Ivorian Politics. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/cotedivoire/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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