Previous page | New search |
The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here
Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | State formation and legitimation crisis in Senegal |
Author: | Diouf, Moustapha |
Year: | 1992 |
Periodical: | Review of African Political Economy |
Volume: | 19 |
Issue: | 54 |
Pages: | 117-125 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Senegal |
Subjects: | legitimacy State |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056249208703960 |
Abstract: | After a description of the development of the Senegalese State and its patrimonial character, the author focuses on the recent neoliberal shift in State policy, dictated by the IMF and the World Bank. He argues that the current crisis of the State and the national economy of Senegal derives from both external and internal factors. The external factors lie in Senegalese dependence on foreign investment; this has become more problematic due to the climate of political instability since the 1988 presidential election, and the deterioration of the terms of trade. The internal factors can be summarized as a crisis of governance which is the result of massive and pervasive political corruption, and mismanagement of State-owned enterprises. The possibilities of economic development and democracy in the country depend above all on the capacity of the State to act more as an autonomous and sovereign structure in the service of the Senegalese society rather than as a relay in the capitalist world economy. Bibliogr. |