Brokering Democracy in Africa
The Rise of Clientelist Democracy in Senegal
Beck, Linda J.
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BOOK SUMMARY
This book examines the achievements and limitations of democratization in Senegal--and Africa more broadly--as a result of the continuing political culture of clientelism.
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Linda J. Beck is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Maine-Farmington.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction * Clientelist Democracy in Comparative Perspective * The Rise of Senegal's Clientelist Democracy * Influential Brokers: The Murid Marabouts of Central Senegal * Dependent Brokers: Caste Politics among the Tukulor of Northern Senegal * Limited Brokers: The Casamançais "Sons of the Soil" in Southern Senegal * Autonomous Brokers: The Mbëru Gox of the Sénégalais dAmérique * The Fragility of a Clientelist Democracy * Appendix I: Demographics of Senegal: Ethnicity and Religion * Appendix II: Presidential Election Results in the Four Case Studies from 1978 to 2000 * Appendix III: Regional Support for PS Presidential Candidates, 1978-2000
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0230602835
ISBN(13-digit): 9780230602830
Dewey Decimal: 320.9663
Library of Congress: 2007032626
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 280
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