The politics of development in Morocco : local governance and participation in North Africa / by Sylvia I. Bergh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bergh, Sylvia I. (Sylvia Irene), 1976- author.

Series:

Library of development studies (London, England)

Library of development studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decentralization in government--Morocco.

Decentralization in government.

Democracy--Morocco.

Democracy.

Local government--Morocco.

Local government.

Political participation--Morocco.

Political participation.

Rural development--Morocco.

Rural development.

Morocco--Politics and government--1961-1999.

Morocco.

Morocco--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

"Since the mid-1990s, Morocco has sought to present itself as a model of genuine and gradual reform, with decentralisation as a key tenet of this. Here, Sylvia Bergh investigates the dynamics of popular participation and local governance, testing the extent to which the current structure builds local capacity, or whether it is, in fact, a tool for 'soft' state control. She narrates the realities of local administration and civil society to shed critical light on questions of democratic transition in North Africa. Her assessment of decentralisation and participatory development projects in rural Morocco, and the legal and policy frameworks in which they operate, leads to the conclusion that they have generally not yet led to an expansion of a civil society able to build local capacity or enhance bottom-up empowerment. Grounded in an approach of the 'anthropology of policy', this book makes an important contribution to literature on the democratisation, development and governance in North Africa."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Development Synergies

Chapter 3: State-Society Relations and Popular Participation in Morocco

Chapter 4: Local Government Administrative Capacity: Evidence from Two Rural Communes

Chapter 5: Local Government Fiscal Autonomy and Political Participation: Evidence from Two Rural Communes

Chapter 6: The Capacity of Local Associations

Chapter 7: Local Governments and Village Associations: Limited Embeddedness and Political Instrumentalization

Chapter 8: Conclusion.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350989122

1350989126

9781786721167

1786721163

9781786731166

1786731169

OCLC:

1114471564