Leonardo A Villalon

· Professor of African Studies

University of Florida · African Studies

Active 1991–2025

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Citations1.2k

Papers808 last 5y

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Cautious Democrats: Religious Actors and Democratization Processes in Senegal
Politics and Religion · 2015-04-23 · 28 citations
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Abstract This article analyzes the role of religious actors at different stages in the long and gradual processes of democratization in Senegal. It examines the transformations in their political influence from pillars of the stable (but non-democratic) post-independence state, to a more ambiguous posture in the decade of democratic opening. A discussion of the interactive relationship between religious change and the transition to democracy over the course of the 1990s leads us to an analysis o…
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7 Religion, Democracy, and Education Reform in the Sahel
Lynne Rienner Publishers eBooks · 2012-06-01 · 19 citations
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The Undoing of a Semi-authoritarian Regime: The Term Limit Debate and the Fall of Blaise Compaoré in Burkina Faso
Springer eBooks · 2020 · 5 citations
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APPP Research Report 05. Religion, demande sociale, et réformes éducatives au Sénégal. [Religion, social demand, and educational reforms in Senegal]
2012-01-01 · 4 citations
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The Politics Of Democratization And State Building In The Sahel
2020-01-01 · 3 citations
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