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Democracy in Translation : Understanding Politics in an Unfamiliar Culture /
"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 und...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, N.Y. :
Cornell University Press,
1998.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A Note on Wolof Orthography
- 1. The Definition and Study of Democracy
- 2. From Democratic to Demokaraasi
- 3. Demokaraasi: The Mother of Twins
- 4. Demokaraasi and Voting Behavior
- 5. Democracy and Demokaraasi in Senegal
- 6. How Distinctive Is Demokaraasi?