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

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

Long on the periphery of both academic research and international attention, the countries of the West African Sahel currently find themselves at the center of global concerns over security, terrorism, migration, and conflict. Since the early 1990s the Sahelian states have also been engaged in political struggles over the construction of democratic institutions. Edited by Leonardo A. Villalón and Abdourahmane Idrissa, Democratic Struggle, Institutional Reform, and State Resilience in the African Sahel addresses a key and little-studied question: How have the politics of democratization across the Francophone Sahel shaped processes of state-building, and with what effects on the resilience of state institutions? Starting from the premise that variation in the politics of institution building and institutional reform—although most frequently justified and debated in terms of democratization—have differing impact on the construction of resilient states , this book examines these processes in six francophone states of the Sahel: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad. The contributors represent a set of distinguished scholars from across the region, many of whom have also been important actors in the struggles they analyze.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-07-02
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:230
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498570015

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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.

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Democratic Struggle, Institutional Reform, and State Resilience in the African Sahel makes an important contribution to our understanding of democratization struggles and state consolidation in West Africa and fills a great gap in the study of Sahelian countries.The contributing authors provide a rich account of democratization processes and their impact on the state, put in historical perspective.This book will be of interest to scholars interested in institutions and democratization politics broadly for its conceptual framework and comparative analysis, as well as scholars and practitioners wishing to understand better the individual countries making up the West African Sahel. Importantly, it will also provide a crucial historical and theoretical perspective to analysts and policymakers working on the Sahel and its current “crisis,” who would benefit from this valuable collective endeavor.

Innehållsförteckning

1: The Politics of Democratization and State Building in the SahelLeonardo A. Villalón2: Controlled Democratization, Institutional Reforms, and Political (In)Stability in MauritaniaZekeria Ould Ahmed Salem3: Constitutional Revisions, Democracy, and the State in SenegalIsmaïla Madior Fall4: Stress-testing Democratic Reforms in Mali: The Political Elite and the Breakdown of the StateMoumouni Soumano5: Democratic Struggle and State Building in Burkina Faso: Between Manipulation and Resilience of InstitutionsAugustin Loada6: The Nigerien Paradox: Institutional Consolidation through Political InstabilityMahaman Tidjani Alou7: Reforming for Stability or Reforming the Instability? Legacies of War, Democratic Struggle, and Institutional Change in Chad. Lucien Toulou8: The Dialectics of Democratization and Stability in the SahelRahmane Idrissa