01678nam a22002775a 4500 20160327145311.0 160327s2000 nyub frb 001 0 eng d 9780801486913 EG-ScBUE eng EG-ScBUE f-sg--- 320.9663 SCH 22 Schaffer, Frederic Charles. 39507 Democracy in translation : understanding politics in an unfamiliar culture / Frederic C. Schaffer. 1st printing. Ithca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2000. xvii, 168 p. : map ; 23 cm. Wilder House series in politics, history, and culture Index : p. 163-168. Bibliography : p. 147-161. "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 understandings of democratic institutions and political concepts, Schaffer conducted fieldwork in Senegal, a mostly Islamic and agrarian country with a long history of electoral politics. Schaffer discovered that ideas of demokaraasi held by Wolof-speakers often reflect concerns about collective security. Many Senegalese see voting as a matter less of choosing leaders than of reinforcing community ties that may be called upon in times of crisis." Democracy Senegal. BUEsh 39510 Democracy Cross-cultural studies. BUEsh 39512 BUEsh BUSBOL March2016 ddc 21511 21483 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 1ST 2016-03-27 Purchase 220.00 22690 1 34 320.9663 SCH 000032160 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2016-10-09 275.00 BB