Brokering Democracy in Africa: The Rise of Clientelist Democracy in Senegal [Hardcover]

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.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 Casaman?ais Sons of the Soil in S. Senegal * Autonomous Brokers: The B?ru Gox of the S?n?galais d'Am?rique * The Future of Clientelist DemocracyLinda J. Beck is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Maine-Farmington.