Foreword: Democracy, Sovereignty, and Social Reconstruction in the Contemporary Sahel

Etienne Fakaba Sissoko ()
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Etienne Fakaba Sissoko: Université des sciences sociales et de gestion de Bamako - USSGB - Université des sciences sociales et de gestion de Bamako, CRAPES MALI - Centre de Recherche et d'Analyses Politiques, Economiques et Sociales du Mali, Faculté des Sciences économiques et de Gestion - USSGB - Université des sciences sociales et de gestion de Bamako

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Abstract: This foreword frames the CRAPES dossier around a single proposition: the contemporary Sahelian crisis cannot be understood, nor governed, by separating democracy, sovereignty, state withdrawal, civic closure, and development. Drawing on a comparative reading of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad, it clarifies the common problematic binding the four essays, their empirical contributions, and their theoretical convergence. The dossier shows that durable stabilization requires the rearticulation of coercion, legality, redistribution, representation, and digital mediations rather than the sequential treatment of security and democracy. It therefore approaches sovereignty as the concrete infrastructure of public authority, visible in budgets, services, institutions, and civic space, rather than as a merely juridical attribute.

Keywords: Democracy; Sovereignty; and Social Reconstruction in the Contemporary Sahel. CRAPES Reflection Papers. Bamako: CRAPES Sahel sovereignty civic space state withdrawal social reconstruction inclusive development; Democracy; Sovereignty; and Social Reconstruction in the Contemporary Sahel. CRAPES Reflection Papers. Bamako: CRAPES Sahel; sovereignty; civic space; state withdrawal; social reconstruction; inclusive development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-04-21
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