Leaders, leadership, and democratization in West Africa: Observations from the cotton farmers movement in Mali

R. Bingen

Agriculture and Human Values, 1996, vol. 13, issue 2, 24-32

Abstract: It is widely accepted that the success of rural nongovernmental organizations depends heavily on leadership and the organizational abilities of individual leaders. Drawing on the recent history of the cotton farmers' movement in Mali, this article identifies critical issues related to the development and sustainability of rural leadership. Special attention is given to how both heroic and post-heroic approaches to leadership might be joined in order to help nongovernmental organizations contribute to both political democratization and economic development. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996

Date: 1996
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