01135pab a2200181 454500 180718b2012 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Toure, Ibrahima Autonomy and local democracy in Africa: An illustration using the case of Senegal 2012 p.757-774. Dec This 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. Democracy Public administration International Review of Administrative Sciences N 98743 98742 98742 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 78, Issue no: 4 AR99203 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR