Senegal's Foreign Policy

Challenges of Democratization and Marginalization

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6021740
AutoresPeter J Schraeder (Loyola University Chicago, autor de correspondencia)
Año1997
Volumen96
Número385
Páginas485-508
Fecha de publicación1997-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrican Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0001-9909 • E-ISSN: 1468-2621
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a007881
OpenAlexW2034654340
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10

The analysis demonstrates that classic dependency, Cold War, and personal rule-oriented explanations of Senegalese foreign policy constitute at best, exaggerations, and at worst, mere caricatures of more complex and dynamic foreign policy processes. Even during the Cold War era, Senegal's foreign policy could not be explained by mere reference to the foreign policy actions of the superpowers, or by the personal beliefs of the first two Senegalese presidents, Léopold Sédar Senghor (1960–80) and Abdou Diouf (1981-present). Other, often neglected or downplayed factors, such as religion, regional interests, and traditional culture must be examined if one wishes to achieve a more complex, nuanced, and valid understanding of Senegalese foreign policy. One can moreover argue that these and other factors are even more salient in a post-Cold War era in which Senegalese policy makers are confronted with the twin challenges of responding to rising popular demands for the further democratization of the Senegalese political system, and to the dilemma of growing marginalization within an increasingly competitive international system

Cold war · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Dilemma · Economics · Epistemology · Foreign policy · Foreign policy analysis · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Salient · Sociology · Global Energy Security and Policy · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Russia and Soviet political economy