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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2022

Martha Wilfahrt
Martha Wilfahrt
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University of California, Berkeley

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Precolonial Legacies in Postcolonial Politics
Representation and Redistribution in Decentralized West Africa
 , pp. 291 - 294
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022
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Index

Acephalous Polities, 51–52, 54, 164
and colonial encounter, 67–68, 86
Alliance Pour le République, 84, 161
Associational Life. See Civil Society
Baol, 50, 58
Boone, Catherine, 18, 131
Boundaries, 84–85
colonial delimitation of, 85–89
postcolonial delimitation of, 89–93
redistricting under Wade, 83, 92–93, 98
Boundou, 49, 53, 56, 58, 115–116, 182
Burkina Faso, 220–221, 228, 234
Cash Crop Production, 61–62, 69
colonial favoritism toward, 211
Caste, 32, 50, 66, 71, 105, 173
Cayor, 30, 48, 50, 56, 162–163
Central–Local Government Relations, 5, 18–19, 75, 83–84, 110, 131–132
Civil Society, 134
elite capture of, 70
empirical test of, 148
Clientelism, 200
local patrons, 1, 117, 174, 177, 184
Colonialism
French policies of direct rule, 18, 57–59
French policies toward chiefs, 58–59, 67–68, 85
infrastructure investments, 205
legacies of, 57, 213
onset of, 56–57
revenue imperative, 203
Core Voters
favoritism toward, 108, 177, 186, 189, See also Clientelism, local patrons
Cornell, Stephen, 235–236
Corruption, 183, 186
Cote d’Ivoire, 220
Data Sources
archival data, 85, 194
interview protocols, 158–160
network analysis, 164–169, 184
original survey of local elites, 96–99
overview, 19–21
potential bias in, 160
quantitative data, 119, 128–136, 194–195, 224–225, 228–230
survey and interview protocols, 96–97
Decentralization
Acte I, 76–77
Acte II, 77–79, 201
Acte III, 79–81, 161
as donor agenda, 2
implications of argument for, 247–248, 250
theories of, 4–5
as two-level game, 25–26, 40, 80–83, 233
Diola, 51, 68, 105
Diouf, Abdou, 75, 77, 200
Dippel, Christian, 236
Djoloff, 48, 51, 53
Donor Financing, 77–78, 123–125, 200
Education
colonial investment in, 202–204, 207–208
local authority in, 78, 130, 200–201
postcolonial investment in, 211
Elections
2014 local elections, 161, 171–174, 182
electoral lists, 30, 71, 83, 106–107, 114, 173, 175–176
local electoral rules, 77–78, 172
preferences for large winning coalition, 84
Elite Capture, 5–6
costs of, 70–71
evidence of, 70, 105, 232
theoretical expectations of, 5, 24–25
Englebert, Pierre, 42, 242
Etat-civile, 177, 186
Ethnicity. See also Social Identities, ethnic identities
ethnic norms, 188–189, 201
ethnic tensions, 33, 175
expectations of ethnic favoritism, 211
experiences of ethnic minorities, 103, 109, 163
theoretical expectations of, 11–12, 131–133
Fatick Region, 106
Fonds de Dotation de la Decentralisation, 79, 125, 132
Fouladou, 49, 86
Fouta Toro, 49–50, 56, 88, 92, 103
Gajaaga, 44, 49, 64
Ghana, 215, 223, 242
Griots, 66–67
Guidimakha, 49
Guinea, 220, 228
Health
colonial investment in, 202–204, 207–208
local authority in, 78, 130, 200–201
postcolonial investment in, 211
Historical Legacies
compression of history, 15, 213–214, 247
implications of argument for, 16, 213–216
persistence of norms, 44, 148, 216, 251
theories of, 14–15
Huillery, Elise, 205–209, 214
Institutional Congruence
examples of beyond Senegal, 235–238
temporal predictions of, 9, 18, 193–201, 247
theory of, 6–8, 26–28, 245
Kaffrine Region, 163
Kalt, Joseph, 235–236
Kedougou Region, 67
Kolda Region, 91, 133
Land
conflicts over, 36, 111
local government authority over, 77, 118
Liberia, 220
Local Elites
defined, 5, 63
relations between, 6, 28, 107–111, 248
Local Government
boundary creation, 90–92, See also Boundaries
in China, 42, 236–237
fiscal capacity of, 78–79, 123–126, 161
in India, 238
on Native American Reservations, 235–236
performance evaluations, 228–229
political structure of local governments in Senegal, 76–77, 79–80
as unit of analysis, 6, 25, 246
Location-Allocation Models, 150–151
Louga Region, 116
Mahoney, Jim, 16
Mali, 223, 233–234, 252
Mali’s, 223
Matam Region, 72
Migration
adoption of in-migrants, 69, 72
bias against in-migrants, 111, 123
effects of, 113–116, 119
historical patterns of, 61–62, 86, 160
Missions, 60–61, 116, 204–205, 209
Mouride, 211
Mourides, 60, 68
local political engagement of, 116–118
as political brokers, 19, 75, 200, 210
state favoritism toward, 61, 89, 117, 211
Touba, 79, 116, 141, 200
Narratives, 45
as data, 9–11, 99, 246–247
dissenting views of, 111–112
examples of, 102–105, 162–164, 183
historical accuracy of, 10–11, 99–102, 188. See Data Sources, potential bias in
of shared settlement or origin, 9, 32, 44–45, 64–66, 160, 233
Niani, 49, 156, 181
Niger, 223, 232–234
Nigeria, 213, 220, 223, 227–228, 239
Norms. See Social Institutions
Ouli, 49, 182
Pakala, 49
Parti démocratique sénégalais, 77, 161
Parti socialiste, 75, 161
Political Parties. See Alliance pour le République, Parti démocratique sénégalais, Parti socialiste
local party structure, 84, 161
partisanship, 83, 106, 108, 131, 162
Precolonial Kingdoms. See also Baol, Boundou, Cayor, Djoloff, Fouladou, Fouta Toro, Gajaaga, Guidamakha, Saloum, Sine, Walo
ethnic minorities within, 50
historical variation in, 17, 44, 48–51
measurement of, 52–55, 138–139
Public Goods Delivery
empirical measures of, 134–135, 178–181, 194, 196–199, 225
theoretical expectations of, 9, 23–24, 129–134
Putnam, Robert, 42, 43, 134, 148
Religion
historical patterns of conversion, 59–61
influence of religious leaders, 172, 176, 200
Mysticism, 190–191
Rip, 49, 117
Rural Social Hierarchies. See also Villages, social hierarchies within
as mechanism of persistence, 8, 44, 66, 186, 239–240
Saint-Louis Region, 108
Sall, Macky, 79, 161–162
Saloum, 49–50, 53, 61, 69, 114–115
Scope Conditions, 239–243
Senghor, Leopold Sedar, 210
government of, 74–76
social service policies, 210–211
Sierra Leone, 241
Sine, 32, 49, 51, 58, 86
Singh, Prerna, 8, 33, 237–238
Social Identities
ethnic identities, 12, 114, 133
evidence of, 162–164, 183, 233–234
inductive approach to, 13, 246
persistence of, 32, 64, 66–67
religious identities, 60–61
as theoretical mechanism, 7, 31–34, 238–239
Social Institutions
of balancing, 30, 106, 171, 176
of conflict avoidance, 30, 103–104, 106–107, 169–170, 172–173
defined, 6, 28–29
effects of, 249
internalization of, 29–30, 39, 171
origins of, 43–45, 69
other examples of, 234
theoretical role of, 8, 26–30
Social Network Ties
effect on internalizing social institutions, 38–39, 107
evidence of, 10, 107–111, 164–170, 173, 232–234
informational effects, 35–36, 108–109, 114, 126, 177
persistence of, 34–35, 64–65
reputational and sanctioning effects, 36–38, 107, 148, 170, 183, 188, 241
as theoretical mechanism, 7, 34–40
theories of, 36–37, 39
Social Trust, 148–150
State-Building
implications of the argument for, 13–14, 245
Structural Adjustment, 199–200
Subnational Method, 16–17
Taxation, 78, 91, 125–126
Thies Region, 132
Tidjanes, 60, 117
Togo, 220
Tsai, Lily, 42, 236–237
Villages
creation of new, 71–72, 178–181
rivalries between, 92, 105, 114, 183–184
settlement mythologies, 63–65. See also Narratives, of shared settlement
social hierarchies within, 63–68, 182
village capture, 104, 113
Vote Buying, 184, 189
Wade, Abdoulaye, 77, 80, 83, 92, 200
Walo, 49
Water and Sanitation, 178, 196–198, 227, 229
Ziguinchor Region, 105, 125

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