Democratic Struggle, Institutional Reform, and State Resilience in the African Sahel

Herausgeber: Idrissa, Rahmane; Villalón, Leonardo A.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how the struggles for democracy over the past quarter century have affected the resilience of states in the region of the West African Sahel. Distinguished scholar-practitioners from the region provide detailed insights into these processes in Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781498569996
• ISBN-10: 1498569994
• Artikelnr.: 58293378

Autorenporträt

Leonardo A. Villalón is professor of African politics at the University of Florida. Rahmane Idrissa is senior researcher in the African Studies Centre at the University of Leiden.

Inhaltsangabe

1: The Politics of Democratization and State Building in the Sahel Leonardo
A. Villalón 2: Controlled Democratization, Institutional Reforms, and
Political (In)Stability in Mauritania Zekeria Ould Ahmed Salem 3:
Constitutional Revisions, Democracy, and the State in Senegal Ismaïla
Madior Fall 4: Stress-testing Democratic Reforms in Mali: The Political
Elite and the Breakdown of the State Moumouni Soumano 5: Democratic
Struggle and State Building in Burkina Faso: Between Manipulation and
Resilience of Institutions Augustin Loada 6: The Nigerien Paradox:
Institutional Consolidation through Political Instability Mahaman Tidjani
Alou 7: Reforming for Stability or Reforming the Instability? Legacies of
War, Democratic Struggle, and Institutional Change in Chad. Lucien Toulou
8: The Dialectics of Democratization and Stability in the Sahel Rahmane
Idrissa