Abstract: | Section 1: analyzes the structure of the political class, i.e. the different categories which compose it, and the basis for political recruitment. Section 2: analyzes polities in Senegal as being an interplay between different groups of elites. Scheme of discussion: Introduction - The traditional elites, the social structure - The traditional chiefs - The religious leaders - The modern elites - Ethnic and religious cleavages - Social cleavages - Clan divisions - The foreigners - Pre-World War II politics; the emergence of an African elite - Post World War II politics: the struggle between the old and the new elite, Ref. |