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    STUDIA EUROPAEA - Issue no. 3 / 2015  
         
  Article:   PUBLIC-SPIRITED MOVEMENTS IN WESTERN AFRICA; THE EXAMPLE OF BURKINA-FASO / MOUVEMENTS CITOYENS ENGAGES EN AFRIQUE DE L’OUEST; LE CAS DU BURKINA-FASO.

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  Abstract:  We attend since a few years almost everywhere in the world the multiplication of public-spirited movements which make a commitment in the political arena. They form themselves and get organized thanks to the new technologies and to a massive use of the social networks. Some of these movements have been able to influence directly the political trajectories of certain countries even by bringing down certain authoritarian regimes. It is the case of the "colour revolutions" in Eastern Europe, of the "Arab Spring"or most recently and less successfully of the"Umbrella revolution" in Hong-Kong. Africa is also concerned by this phenomenon. This article studies ways of functioning and objectives of the public-spirited movements in Western Africa by taking the example of a country in full democratic transition, Burkina Faso.

Keywords: Burkina-Faso, Western Africa, African Policy, Citizen Movements, Democratization process, African youth 		 
         
     
         
         
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