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Autore |
Gellar Sheldon |
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Titolo |
Democracy in Senegal [[electronic resource] ] : Tocquevillian analytics in Africa / / Sheldon Gellar |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-349-53192-8 |
1-281-36552-1 |
9786611365523 |
1-4039-8216-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Collana |
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Political evolution and institutional change |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Democracy - Senegal - History |
Political culture - Senegal - History |
Electronic books. |
Senegal Politics and government |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-216) and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Providing an in-depth comparative study of democracy formation, Gellar traces Senegal's movement from a pre-colonial aristocratic order towards a modern democratic political order. Inspired by Tocqueville's methodology, he identifies social equality, ethnic and religious tolerance, popular participation in local affairs, and freedom of association and the press as vital components of any democratic system. He shows how centralized state structures and monopoly of political power stifled local initiative and perpetuated neo-patrimonial modes of governance. |
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