Institutionalization before Liberalization theory tested on Côte d'Ivoire
Following the election of 2010, Côte d’Ivoire suffered through “La Crise”, a civil war which lasted until 2011 and came only a few years after the end of the first Ivoirian civil war. In 2015, Côte d’Ivoire held an election without an eruption of violence. This study attempts to explain why using Roland Paris’ Institutionalization Before Liberalization theory, which focuses on the dangers of liber