Boubacar N’diaye
Biographic Data
| ID | 4051001 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boubacar N’diaye |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boubacar |
| FAMILY NAME | N’diaye |
| SIGNATURE | N’DIAYE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of Wooster |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Mauritania
Since its maiden coup in 1978, which initiated both an era of recurrent coup activity and a regime type dubbed “Mauritania of the Colonels,” the Mauritanian military, once an unassuming, apolitical institution, has been in power either directly or through a “civilianized” military regime. Since its creation in the early 1990s, the Battalion for Presidential Security (BASEP) has played a prominent role in the workings of Mauritania of the Colonels…
Mauritania's Colonels
Conflicts and Crises in West Africa
Francophone Africa and Security Sector Transformation
This article investigates why Francophone Africa, by and large, has ‘missed the boat’ of security sector transformation. It examines the factors that have contributed to the dearth of much-needed harmonization between the democratization of political systems in African states since the 1990s and the governance of their security sectors. It is argued that in nearly all aspects of security sector management, Francophone African states remained pris…
Africom and the Interests of Africans
To 'midwife' - and abort - a democracy
The 3 August 2005 military coup was Mauritania's best opportunity to turn the page on decades of the deposed quasi-military regime's destructive politics. This article critically analyses relevant aspects of the transition that ensued in the context of the prevailing models of military withdrawal from politics in Africa. It also examines the challenges that Mauritania's short-lived Third Republic faced. It argues that the transition process did n…
Mauritania, August 2005
A military coup abruptly ended Ould Taya’s authoritarian regime in Mauritania, one of the longest-running regimes in West Africa. The bloodless coup broke a dangerous political impasse and stopped what seemed to be a slide towards breakdown and violence. Using the democratization literature, this article explains its root causes and evaluates the prospects for the establishment of a genuine democracy after two decades of a repressive military and…
Democratizing security sector governance in West Africa
While other regions of Africa have had their share of crises, the challenge of meeting numerous security threats has been particularly arduous in West Africa. Nevertheless, there are unmistakable signs that, through its collective regional integration instrument, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the sub-region is beginning to awaken fully to the need to tackle its security crisis. This article makes two interrelated argumen…
How Not to Institutionalize Civilian Control
Kenya is on the short list of African states that have not experienced military rule. In a continent known for rampant praetorianism, this means only that the coup prevention strategies implemented by its civilian rulers have been successful...so far. The unscrupulous ethnic manipulation, politicization, bribery into the military's 'circles of power,' and the set-up of a powerful paramilitary as a counterweight to the army have done little to ins…
Francophone Africa in Flux
In April 2001, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania entered the tenth year of a democratization process ostensibly aimed at transforming a country that had been ruled by an overtly repressive military regime. Ten years is long enough to allow a reasonable assessment of the experiment. On the surface Mauritania exhibits all the trappings of a democracy. The country has held multiparty municipal, legislative, and presidential elections, often with mo…
Mauritania, August 2005
A military coup abruptly ended Ould Taya’s authoritarian regime in Mauritania, one of the longest-running regimes in West Africa. The bloodless coup broke a dangerous political impasse and stopped what seemed to be a slide towards breakdown and violence. Using the democratization literature, this article explains its root causes and evaluates the prospects for the establishment of a genuine democracy after two decades of a repressive military and…
To 'midwife' - and abort - a democracy
The 3 August 2005 military coup was Mauritania's best opportunity to turn the page on decades of the deposed quasi-military regime's destructive politics. This article critically analyses relevant aspects of the transition that ensued in the context of the prevailing models of military withdrawal from politics in Africa. It also examines the challenges that Mauritania's short-lived Third Republic faced. It argues that the transition process did n…
Francophone Africa in Flux
In April 2001, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania entered the tenth year of a democratization process ostensibly aimed at transforming a country that had been ruled by an overtly repressive military regime. Ten years is long enough to allow a reasonable assessment of the experiment. On the surface Mauritania exhibits all the trappings of a democracy. The country has held multiparty municipal, legislative, and presidential elections, often with mo…
How Not to Institutionalize Civilian Control
Kenya is on the short list of African states that have not experienced military rule. In a continent known for rampant praetorianism, this means only that the coup prevention strategies implemented by its civilian rulers have been successful...so far. The unscrupulous ethnic manipulation, politicization, bribery into the military's 'circles of power,' and the set-up of a powerful paramilitary as a counterweight to the army have done little to ins…
Francophone Africa and Security Sector Transformation
This article investigates why Francophone Africa, by and large, has ‘missed the boat’ of security sector transformation. It examines the factors that have contributed to the dearth of much-needed harmonization between the democratization of political systems in African states since the 1990s and the governance of their security sectors. It is argued that in nearly all aspects of security sector management, Francophone African states remained pris…
Democratizing security sector governance in West Africa
While other regions of Africa have had their share of crises, the challenge of meeting numerous security threats has been particularly arduous in West Africa. Nevertheless, there are unmistakable signs that, through its collective regional integration instrument, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the sub-region is beginning to awaken fully to the need to tackle its security crisis. This article makes two interrelated argumen…
Africom and the Interests of Africans
Francophone Africa in Flux
In April 2001, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania entered the tenth year of a democratization process ostensibly aimed at transforming a country that had been ruled by an overtly repressive military regime. Ten years is long enough to allow a reasonable assessment of the experiment. On the surface Mauritania exhibits all the trappings of a democracy. The country has held multiparty municipal, legislative, and presidential elections, often with mo…
How Not to Institutionalize Civilian Control
Kenya is on the short list of African states that have not experienced military rule. In a continent known for rampant praetorianism, this means only that the coup prevention strategies implemented by its civilian rulers have been successful...so far. The unscrupulous ethnic manipulation, politicization, bribery into the military's 'circles of power,' and the set-up of a powerful paramilitary as a counterweight to the army have done little to ins…
Democratizing security sector governance in West Africa
While other regions of Africa have had their share of crises, the challenge of meeting numerous security threats has been particularly arduous in West Africa. Nevertheless, there are unmistakable signs that, through its collective regional integration instrument, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the sub-region is beginning to awaken fully to the need to tackle its security crisis. This article makes two interrelated argumen…
Mauritania, August 2005
A military coup abruptly ended Ould Taya’s authoritarian regime in Mauritania, one of the longest-running regimes in West Africa. The bloodless coup broke a dangerous political impasse and stopped what seemed to be a slide towards breakdown and violence. Using the democratization literature, this article explains its root causes and evaluates the prospects for the establishment of a genuine democracy after two decades of a repressive military and…
Francophone Africa and Security Sector Transformation
This article investigates why Francophone Africa, by and large, has ‘missed the boat’ of security sector transformation. It examines the factors that have contributed to the dearth of much-needed harmonization between the democratization of political systems in African states since the 1990s and the governance of their security sectors. It is argued that in nearly all aspects of security sector management, Francophone African states remained pris…
Africom and the Interests of Africans
To 'midwife' - and abort - a democracy
The 3 August 2005 military coup was Mauritania's best opportunity to turn the page on decades of the deposed quasi-military regime's destructive politics. This article critically analyses relevant aspects of the transition that ensued in the context of the prevailing models of military withdrawal from politics in Africa. It also examines the challenges that Mauritania's short-lived Third Republic faced. It argues that the transition process did n…
Conflicts and Crises in West Africa
Mauritania's Colonels
Mauritania
Since its maiden coup in 1978, which initiated both an era of recurrent coup activity and a regime type dubbed “Mauritania of the Colonels,” the Mauritanian military, once an unassuming, apolitical institution, has been in power either directly or through a “civilianized” military regime. Since its creation in the early 1990s, the Battalion for Presidential Security (BASEP) has played a prominent role in the workings of Mauritania of the Colonels…
Political science (9 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (5 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (5 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (4 works) · Democratization (4 works)