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North Africa : politics, region, and the limits of transformation / [edited by] Yahia H. Zoubir & Haizam Amirah-Fernandez.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa, North--History.
- Africa, North.
- Africa, North--Politics and government--21st century.
- Africa, North--Economic conditions--21st century.
- Africa, North--Foreign relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (419 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Routledge, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the contemporary Maghreb. Made up of contributions from leading academics in the field, it highlights specific issues of importance, including international and security affairs.With profiles of individual countries and regional issues, such as migration, gender, integration, economics, and war in Western Sahara, as well as a section dealing with international relations and the Maghreb, including US and EU foreign policy and security issues, North Africa: Politics, Region, and the Limits of Transformation is a major resource f
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Part I: The Maghreb States; 1 Democratic Desires and the Authoritarian Temptation in the Central Maghreb; 2 Policy Reforms in Algeria: Genuine Change or Adjustments?; 3 Libya: Reforming the Economy, not the Polity; 4 Mauritania: Between the Hammer of Economic Globalization and the Anvil of Multiparty Factionalism; 5 The ''End of the Era of Leniency'' in Morocco; 6 Engendering Citizenship in Tunisia: Prioritizing Unity over Democracy
- Part II: Regional Issues in the Contemporary Maghreb7 Economic Reform in the Maghreb: From Stabilization to Modernization; 8 Emigration, Immigration, and Transit in the Maghreb: Externalization of EU Policy?; 9 Intra-Maghrebi Relations: Unitary Myth and National Interests; 10 Women in the Maghreb: Stereotypes and Realities; 11 The Politics of Berber (Amazigh) Identity: Algeria and Morocco Compared; Part III: Strategic and Security Relations of the Maghreb; 12 Rethinking Maghrebi Security: The Challenge of Multilateralism
- 13 The United States, Islamism, Terrorism, and Democracy in the Maghreb: The Predominance of Security?14 Reverberations in the Central Maghreb of the ''Global War on Terror''; 15 European Policy and the Southern Mediterranean; 16 France and the Maghreb: The End of the Special Relationship?; 17 Spain's Policy towards Morocco and Algeria: Balancing Relations with the Southern Neighbors; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611100995
- 9789623616850
- 9623616856
- 9781134087396
- 113408739X
- 9781134087402
- 1134087403
- 9781281100993
- 1281100994
- 9780203715598
- 0203715594
- OCLC:
- 476123467
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