Elections, political innovations and African elite non renewal : Djiboutian and Mauritanian examples Alain Antil, Espaces, Populations, Sociétés, n° 2003-3, pp. 529-535.

AbstractNow, elections are present everywhere in Africa, but only few countries really change their leaders by the polls. Almost, the first role of the elections is the legitimatization of the autocrats. It is more interesting to analyze how election takes place in the local political field and how it contributes to change the social balance.