The Oxford Handbook of the African Sahel

by Villalón, Leonardo A.

• ISBN13: 9780198816959
• ISBN10: 0198816952
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2022-01-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Leonardo A. Villal?n, Dean of the International Center and Professor of Political Science and African Studies, University of Florida

Leonardo A. Villal?n is Dean of the International Center and Professor of Political Science and African Studies at the University of Florida, where he also coordinates the Sahel Research Group. He is a specialist on the countries of the African Sahel (Senegal, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania,
and Chad), in particular the role of Islam in democratization, education, and political stability. He has published numerous works on the region. He is past president of the West African Research Association, and currently chair of the board of directors of the Council of American Overseas Research
Centers (CAORC).

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction
Framing the Sahel: Spaces, Challenges, Encounters, Leonardo A. Villal?n
Section I: The Sahel as Region
1. Mapping the Sahelian Space, Olivier Walther and Denis Retaill?
2. French Colonialism and the Making of the Modern Sahel, Gregory Mann
3. The Construction of States and Societies in the Sahel, Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan
4. Civil Society and Political Order in the Sahel, Augustin Loada
Section II: National Trajectories
5. Senegal: A Success Story and a Patrimonial Democracy, Marie Brossier
6. Mauritania: Exceptionalism and Vulnerability, Boubacar N'Diaye
7. Mali: Collapse and Instability, Bruce Whitehouse
8. Burkina Faso: Beyond Autocracy, New Roads Open, Ernest Harsch
9. Niger: Precarious Stability, Lisa Mueller
10. Chad: Realpolitik and Aspirational Deprivation, Ketil Fred Hansen
Section III: The Environment and the Challenge of Climate Change
Section Editor's Introduction, Sarah McKune
11. Land Use Change and Climate-Smart Agriculture in the Sahel, Suzanne Cotillon, Gray Tappen, and Chris Reij
12. The Challenge of Food and Nutritional Security, Sarah McKune
13. Demography and Health in the Context of Climate Change, Alisha Graves, Nouhou Abdoul Moumouni, and Malcom Potts
14. Climate Change and Human Conflict in the Sahel, Tor A. Benjaminsen
15. Drivers of Growth and Decline in Sahelian Livestock Sectors, Marjatta Eilitt?
Section IV: The Challenges of Development
Section Editor's Introduction, Renata Serra
16. Section editor's Introduction, Ahmadou Aly Mbaye and Fatou Gu?ye
17. Agricultural Policies and Development in the Sahel, Renata Serra
18. The Political Economy of Aid in the Sahel, Isaline Bergamaschi
19. Corruption and the State in the Sahel, Giorgio Blundo
Section V: The Challenge of Governing
Section Editor's Introduction, Sebastian Elischer
20. The Democratic Struggle in the Sahel, Mamadou Bodian and Leonardo A. Villal?n
21. Political Parties and Elite Resilience in Sahelian Politics, Daniel Eizenga
22. Militaries in Sahelian Politics, Sebastian Elischer
23. Security Provision and Counterterrorism in the Sahel, Cristina Barrios
24. French Interventions in the Sahel, Roland Marchal
Section VI: The Intellectual Landscape
Section Editor's Introduction, Alioune Sow
25. Towards a History of Ideas in the Sahel, Felwine Sarr
26. Yesterday Meets Tomorrow in Sahelian Intellectual Currents, Rahmane Idrissa
27. The Literary History of the Sahel, Alioune Sow
Section VII: A Religious Landscape in Flux
Section Editor's Introduction, Bejamin Soares
28. Islamic Intellectual Traditions in the Sahel, R?diger Seesemann
29. Islam and Muslim Societies in the Contemporary Sahel, Benjamin Soares
30. Jihadist Insurgencies in the Sahel, Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim
31. Muslim Women's Social Movements in the Sahel, Ousseina Alidou
32. Negotiating Secularism in the Sahel, Alexander Thurston
Section VIII: The Changing Social Mosaic
Section Editor's Introduction, Fiona McLaughlin
33. Social Stratification in the Sahel, C?dric Jourde
34. The Linguistic Ecology of the Sahel, Fiona Mc Laughlin
35. Pastoralist Societies in the Sahel, Wendy Wilson-Fall
36. Education, Citizenship, and National Identity in the Sahel, Leonardo A. Villal?n and Mamadou Bodian
Section IX: On the Move: Urbanization, Migration, Transnationalism
Section Editor's Introduction, Abdoulaye Kane
37. Urbanization and the Dynamics of Change in the Sahel, Florence Boyer and David Lessault
38. Sahelian Migrations within Africa, Sylvie Bredeloup
39. Trans-Saharan Migration through and from the Sahel, Harouna Mounkaila
40. Sahelian Transnational Networks and Diasporas, Abdoulaye Kane