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082	0	4	_a320.9663 _bSCH _222
100	1		_aSchaffer, Frederic Charles. _939507
245	1	0	_aDemocracy in translation : _bunderstanding politics in an unfamiliar culture / _cFrederic C. Schaffer.
250			_a1st printing.
260			_aIthca ; _aLondon : _bCornell University Press, _c2000.
300			_axvii, 168 p. : _bmap ; _c23 cm.
490	0		_aWilder House series in politics, history, and culture
500			_aIndex : p. 163-168.
504			_aBibliography : p. 147-161.
520			_a"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."
650		7	_aDemocracy _zSenegal. _2BUEsh _939510
650		7	_aDemocracy _vCross-cultural studies. _2BUEsh _939512
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653			_bBUSBOL _cMarch2016
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