1st Edition

Mauritania's Colonels Political Leadership, Civil-Military Relations and Democratization

By Boubacar N’Diaye Copyright 2018
154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

This book, the result of more than a decade of research, focuses on the socio-political dynamics and civil-military relations in a little studied country: Mauritania, located in the troubled North-western part of Africa. Boubacar N’Diaye brings into light the political evolution of this country which holds lessons for African politics, and could affect the future of the West African sub-region.... Read more
  1. Introduction
  2. Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
  3. Mauritania’s Colonels: A Portrayal
  4. Unworkable Co-Habitation: The ‘National Question’
  5. Democratization and Military Withdrawal
  6. The Challenge of Socioeconomic Development
  7. The Colonels’ Foreign Policy: An Extension of the ‘National Question’?
  8. Conclusions

Biography

Boubacar N’Diaye is a professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at The College of Wooster, USA.