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1 Measuring Democracy: A Case Study of Senegal By Liz Marcotte Political Science and International Affairs ‘11

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3 Democracy in Senegal Political RightsCivil LibertiesStatus 200134Partly Free 200223Partly Free 200323Free 200423Free 200523Free 200623Free 200733Partly Free 200823Partly Free 200933Partly Free 201033Partly Free * From 1960 to 2000 rated either Not Free or Partly Free

4 Research Question What caused the failure of democratic consolidation in Senegal? Evidence – “democratic” institutions – 2000: free and fair Presidential Election – Freedom House ratings

5 Findings

6 Conclusions Current widely accepted measurements of democracy are failing to measure actual democratic rule in Senegal Why? Measurements to Conceptions Contending definitions? Fareed Zakaria

7 Implications For democracy For governance in Senegal democracy in the Middle East

8 Concluding Thoughts

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