Brokering democracy in Africa : the rise of clientelist democracy in Senegal
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.
xiii, 280 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
9780230602830, 0230602835
1166912981
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 S. Senegal * Autonomous Brokers: The Bëru Gox of the Sénégalais d'Amérique * The Future of Clientelist Democracy