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Podcast: New Books in Political Science
Episode: Why Senegalâs Democracy Survived
Description: In 2024, Senegal faced a severe constitutional and electoral crisis. The presidential vote was postponed, tensions escalated, and fears of democratic breakdown intensified. Yet democracy held. Why?
In this episode of People Power Politics, Temitayo Odeyemi speaks with Catherine Lena Kelly and Ibrahima Fall and about their Journal of Democracy article, âWhy Senegalâs Democracy Survived.â They examine how the Constitutional Council asserted its independence under executive pressure, how civil society mobilised to defend constitutional norms, and how what they call democratic âmuscle memoryâ shaped citizen response.
The discussion situates Senegalâs experience within a wider regional context of c...