In Senegal, the governance and production of public action in child social protection policies are carried out by several actors. This article analyzes the dynamics that exist in this polyarchic governance over these policies. This polyarchic co-production and governance is an arena where confrontations, interactions, struggles, conflicts, competitions among actors contribute to the progression of the child’s vulnerability. The results obtained show that the multiple interactions between the actors weaken the interventions. Practices and attitudes in the care of the child are part of different logics. Polyarchic governance constitutes a brake to the achievement of such policies.
Keywords: Polyarchic governance, public action, social protection, vulnerability, interaction.
