Democratization in Morocco: The Political Elite and Struggles for Power in the Post-Independence State

ISBN-13: 9780415599399 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 226 str.

Lise Storm;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

This is an exploration of the political games of the Moroccan democratisation process in the period from independence in 1956 until 2006. The book also evaluates the level of democracy present in the country after the adoption of new constitutions in 1962, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1992 and 1996.

Recenzje

'Storm's Democratization in Morocco is well balanced and judicious in its empirical analysis and could be used in any upper division undergraduate course or introductory graduate course on democratization in the Middle East and North Africa' - Mohamed Daadaoui, Oklahoma City University, Int. J. Middle East Studies. 41 (2009)

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Government after Independence: Indigenous Leadership with Colonial Habits, 1956-72  2. Government after Independence II: Indigenous Leadership with Colonial Habits, 1972-90  3. Intensification of the Democratization Process, 1990-96  4. Reasonably Competitive, Free and Fair Elections (1996-2006)  5. Basic Civil Liberties (1996-2006)  6. Independent Government (1996-2006)  7. Independent Government, II.  Conclusion: Dynamics of Democratization in Post-Independence Morocco

O autorze

Lise Storm is Lecturer in Middle East Politics at the Department of Politics, University of Exeter, UK.  Her main fields of research are democratization and party system theory, focusing mainly on experiences from Latin America and the Middle East.