Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Foreword
  • Mary Jo Arnoldi; Preface
  • David Wiley; Introduction
  • R. James Bingen, David Robinson, John M. Staatz; Cultural and Historical Setting; Overview of the Section on Cultural and Historical Contributions
  • David Robinson; Perspectives on History and Culture: The Case of Mali
  • Adame Ba Konare (translated by David Robinson); "French Africans"-Faidherbe, Archinard, and Coppolani: The "Creators" of Senegal, Soudan, and Mauritania
  • David Robinson.
  • Generational Conflict in the Umarian Movement after the Jihad: Perspectives from the Futanke Grain Trade at Medine
  • John H. Hanson Women in Francophone West Africa in the 1930's: Unraveling a Neglected Report
  • Ghislaine Lydon; Labor Migration, Gender, and Social Transformation in Rural Mali
  • Maria Grosz-Ngate; Economic and Agricultural Policy Reform; Overview-MSU's Food Security Research and Outreach Program in Mali
  • John M. Staatz; Food Security Policy Reform in Mali and the Sahel
  • Josue Dione.
  • The Response of Cereals Traders to Agricultural Market Reform in Mali
  • Niama Nango Dembele, John M. StaatzThe Reform of Rice Milling and Marketing in the Office du Niger: Catalysts for an Agricultural Success Story in Mali
  • Salifou Bakary Diarra, John M. Staatz, Niama Nango Dembele; Small-Scale Inland Valley Swamp Rice Production: A Viable Enterprise in the Grain-Cotton Farming System of Southern Mali
  • Georges Dimithe; Cotton in Mali: The "White Revolution" and Development
  • James Tefft; Political Innovation; Overview-The Malian Path to Democracy and Development
  • R. James Bingen.
  • From Military Dictatorship to Democracy: The Democratization Process in Mali
  • Andrew F. Clark Dimensions of Decentralization in Mali
  • David Rawson; Classrooms of Democracy? The Educational Prospects of Malian Civil Society
  • John Uniack Davis; Improving Women's Health in Mali: Research, Policy Review, and Recommendations
  • Nancy Mezey; Prospects for Development and Democracy in West Africa: Agrarian Politics in Mali
  • R. James Bingen; Epilogue.
  • The Malian Democracy: A Continuing Process for the Quest of Perfection
  • Cheick Oumar Diarrah, Malian Ambassador to U.S. (translated by Cheikh Anta Mbacke Babou)About the Contributors.