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Forensics of Capital (Hardcover)
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As one of Africa's few democracies, Senegal has long been thought
of as a leader of moral, political, and economic development on the
continent. We tend to assume that any such nation has achieved
favorable international standing due to its own merits. In
Forensics of Capital, Michael Ralph upends this kind of
conventional thinking, showing how Senegal's diplomatic standing
was strategically forged in the colonial and postcolonial eras at
key periods of its history and is today entirely contingent on the
consensus of wealthy and influential nations and international
lending agencies. Ralph examines Senegal's crucial and pragmatic
decisions related to its development and how they garnered
international favor, decisions such as its opposition to Soviet
involvement in African liberation - despite itself being a
socialist state - or its support for the US-led war on terror -
despite its population being predominately Muslim. He shows how
such actions have given Senegal an inflated political and economic
position and status as a highly creditworthy nation even as its
domestic economy has faltered. Exploring these and many other
aspects of Senegal's political economy and its interface with the
international community, Ralph demonstrates that the international
reputation of any nation-not just Senegal-is based on deep
structural biases.
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