TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schaffer,Frederic Charles
TI  - Democracy in translation: understanding politics in an unfamiliar culture 
T2  - Wilder House series in politics, history, and culture
SN  - 9780801486913
U1  - 320.9663 22
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Ithca, London
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Senegal
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - BUSBOL
KW  - March2016
N1  - Index : p. 163-168; Bibliography : p. 147-161
N2  - "Frederic C. Schaffer challenges the assumption often made by American scholars that democracy has been achieved in foreign countries when criteria such as free elections are met. Elections, he argues, often have cultural underpinnings that are invisible to outsiders. To examine grass-roots understandings of democratic institutions and political concepts, Schaffer conducted fieldwork in Senegal, a mostly Islamic and agrarian country with a long history of electoral politics. Schaffer discovered that ideas of demokaraasi held by Wolof-speakers often reflect concerns about collective security. Many Senegalese see voting as a matter less of choosing leaders than of reinforcing community ties that may be called upon in times of crisis."
ER  -