Social currents in North Africa / Osama Abi-Mershed, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abi-Mershed, Osama, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Africa, North--Social conditions.

Africa, North.

Africa, North--Politics and government.

Arab Spring (2010-).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 253 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

'Social Currents in North Africa' offers multidisciplinary analyses of social phenomena unfolding in the Maghreb today. The contributors analyze the genealogies of contemporary North African behavioral and ideological norms, and offer insights into post-Arab Spring governance and today's social and political trends.

Contents:

Social Currents in North Africa / Osama Abi-Mershed

Islamist Parties and Transformation in Tunisia and Morocco / Francesco Cavatorta and Fabio Merone

Sufism and Salafism in the Maghreb: Political Implications / Ricardo René Larémont

Labor Protest in Morocco: Strikes, Concessions, and the Arab Spring / Matt Buehler

The Amazigh Movement in a Changing North Africa / Paul A. Silverstein

Thou Shalt Not Speak One Language: Self, Skill, and Politics in post-Arab Spring Morocco / Charis Boutieri

The Politics of the Haratins Social Movement in Mauritania (1978-2014) / Zekeria Ould Ahmed Salem

Keeping up with the times: the growth of support from non-state actors for the Polisario Liberation Movement / Alice Wilson

Film and Cultural Dissent in Tunisia / Nouri Gana

"Curating the Mellah": Cultural Conservation, Jewish Heritage Tourism and Normalization Debates in Morocco and Tunisia, 1960s-Present / Aomar Boum.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-093496-4

0-19-094312-2

0-19-093474-3