The Oxford Handbook of the African Sahel

Editor's Introduction
Framing the Sahel: Spaces, Challenges, Encounters, Leonardo A. Villalón

Section I: The Sahel as Region
1:Mapping the Sahelian Space, Olivier Walther and Denis Retaillé
2:French Colonialism and the Making of the Modern Sahel, Gregory Mann
3:The Construction of States and Societies in the Sahel, Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan
4:Civil Society and Political Order in the Sahel, Augustin Loada

Section II: National Trajectories
5:Senegal: A Success Story and a Patrimonial Democracy, Marie Brossier
6:Mauritania: Exceptionalism and Vulnerability, Boubacar N'Diaye
7:Mali: Collapse and Instability, Bruce Whitehouse
8:Burkina Faso: Beyond Autocracy, New Roads Open, Ernest Harsch
9:Niger: Precarious Stability, Lisa Mueller
10:Chad: Realpolitik and Aspirational Deprivation, Ketil Fred Hansen

Section III: The Environment and the Challenge of Climate Change
Section Editor's Introduction, Sarah McKune
11:Land Use Change and Climate-Smart Agriculture in the Sahel, Suzanne Cotillon, Gray Tappen, and Chris Reij
12:The Challenge of Food and Nutritional Security, Sarah McKune
13:Demography and Health in the Context of Climate Change, Alisha Graves, Nouhou Abdoul Moumouni, and Malcom Potts
14:Climate Change and Human Conflict in the Sahel, Tor A. Benjaminsen
15:Drivers of Growth and Decline in Sahelian Livestock Sectors, Marjatta Eilittä

Section IV: The Challenges of Development
Section Editor's Introduction, Renata Serra
16:Section editor's Introduction, Ahmadou Aly Mbaye and Fatou Guèye
17:Agricultural Policies and Development in the Sahel, Renata Serra
18:The Political Economy of Aid in the Sahel, Isaline Bergamaschi
19:Corruption and the State in the Sahel, Giorgio Blundo

Section V: The Challenge of Governing
Section Editor's Introduction, Sebastian Elischer
20:The Democratic Struggle in the Sahel, Mamadou Bodian and Leonardo A. Villalón
21:Political Parties and Elite Resilience in Sahelian Politics, Daniel Eizenga
22:Militaries in Sahelian Politics, Sebastian Elischer
23:Security Provision and Counterterrorism in the Sahel, Cristina Barrios
24:French Interventions in the Sahel, Roland Marchal

Section VI: The Intellectual Landscape
Section Editor's Introduction, Alioune Sow
25:Towards a History of Ideas in the Sahel, Felwine Sarr
26:Yesterday Meets Tomorrow in Sahelian Intellectual Currents, Rahmane Idrissa
27:The Literary History of the Sahel, Alioune Sow

Section VII: A Religious Landscape in Flux
Section Editor's Introduction, Bejamin Soares
28:Islamic Intellectual Traditions in the Sahel, Rüdiger Seesemann
29:Islam and Muslim Societies in the Contemporary Sahel, Benjamin Soares
30:Jihadist Insurgencies in the Sahel, Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim
31:Muslim Women's Social Movements in the Sahel, Ousseina Alidou
32:Negotiating Secularism in the Sahel, Alexander Thurston

Section VIII: The Changing Social Mosaic
Section Editor's Introduction, Fiona McLaughlin
33:Social Stratification in the Sahel, Cédric Jourde
34:The Linguistic Ecology of the Sahel, Fiona Mc Laughlin
35:Pastoralist Societies in the Sahel, Wendy Wilson-Fall
36:Education, Citizenship, and National Identity in the Sahel, Leonardo A. Villalón and Mamadou Bodian

Section IX: On the Move: Urbanization, Migration, Transnationalism
Section Editor's Introduction, Abdoulaye Kane
37:Urbanization and the Dynamics of Change in the Sahel, Florence Boyer and David Lessault
38:Sahelian Migrations within Africa, Sylvie Bredeloup
39:Trans-Saharan Migration through and from the Sahel, Harouna Mounkaila
40:Sahelian Transnational Networks and Diasporas, Abdoulaye Kane