02899nam 2200721Ia 450 991045085420332120200520144314.01-349-53192-81-281-36552-197866113655231-4039-8216-310.1057/9781403982162(CKB)1000000000342681(SSID)ssj0000517796(PQKBManifestationID)12199399(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000517796(PQKBWorkID)10491597(PQKB)10213945(SSID)ssj0000136566(PQKBManifestationID)11139223(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136566(PQKBWorkID)10084007(PQKB)10916776(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8216-2(MiAaPQ)EBC307741(Au-PeEL)EBL307741(CaPaEBR)ebr10135705(CaONFJC)MIL136552(OCoLC)560538083(EXLCZ)99100000000034268120050110d2005 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDemocracy in Senegal[electronic resource] Tocquevillian analytics in Africa /Sheldon Gellar1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20051 online resource (256 p.)Political evolution and institutional change"Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University."1-4039-7027-0 1-4039-7026-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-216) and index.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.Political evolution and institutional change.DemocracySenegalHistoryPolitical cultureSenegalHistorySenegalPolitics and governmentElectronic books.DemocracyHistory.Political cultureHistory.320.9663Gellar Sheldon243487Indiana University, Bloomington.Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450854203321Democracy in Senegal2213813UNINA