01066pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002000040245008600060260000900146300001500155362000800170520065000178650001400828650002600842773005200868180718b2012   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aToure, Ibrahima  aAutonomy and local democracy in Africa: An illustration using the case of Senegal  c2012  ap.757-774.  aDec  aThis contribution analyzes from a retrospective and synchronous perspective the often conflicting power relations between the French colonial, the Senegalese post-colonial central states and the decentralized collectivities. Reflecting on the effective autonomy of the local collectivities in the management and running of the competences which are transferred to them through the decentralization laws, the article shows how, on the basis of real cases, the intervention of the central power in local affairs not only questions democracy but also and above all diverts the regionalization policies from their initial objectives. - Reproduced.    aDemocracy  aPublic administration  aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences