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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Yahia H Zoubir; Haizam Amirah Fernández |
| ISBN: | 9780415429207 041542920X 9780415429214 0415429218 9780203715598 0203715594 |
| OCLC Number: | 131068047 |
| Description: | xxiv, 394 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | Democratic desires and the authoritarian temptation in the Central Maghreb / John P. Entelis -- Policy reforms in Algeria : genuine change or adjustments? / Ahmed Aghrout -- Libya : reforming the economy, not the polity / Ronald Bruce St John -- Mauritania : between the hammer of economic globalization and the anvil of multiparty factionalism / Mohameden Ould-Mey -- The "end of the era of leniency" in Morocco / Gregory W. White -- Engendering citizenship in Tunisia : prioritizing unity over democracy / Larbi Sadiki -- Economic reform in the Maghreb : from stabilization to modernization / Gonzalo Escribano and Alejandro V. Lorca -- Emigration, immigration, and transit in the Maghreb : externalization of EU policy? / Michael Collyer -- Intra-Maghrebi relations : unitary myth and national interests / Miguel Hernando De Larramendi -- Women in the Maghreb : stereotypes and realities / Louisa Dris-Ait-Hamadouche -- The politics of Berber (Amazigh) identity : Algeria and Morocco compared / Michael J. Willis -- Rethinking Maghrebi security : the challenge of multilateralism / Cherif Dris -- The United States, Islamism, terrorism, and democracy in the Maghreb : the predominance of security? / Yahia H. Zoubir -- Reverberations in the Central Maghreb of the "global war on terror" / Clement M. Henry -- European policy and the southern Mediterranean / George Joffe -- France and the Maghreb : the end of the special relationship? / Jean-Francois Daguzan -- Spain's policy towards Morocco and Algeria : balancing relations with the southern neighbors / Haizam Amirah-Fernández. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Yahia H. Zoubir and Haizam Amirah-Fernández. |
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'This is a splendid contribution to our knowledge of recent North African developments. It is remarkably comprehensive, with excellent country surveys, region-wide and international-strategic analyses. The chapters are up-to-date, meticulously researched and sober in their conclusions. Anyone with a serious interest in North Africa - professors, students, policy makers, businesspeople - will find this volume indispensable.' - Michael C. Hudson, Georgetown University, USA'This is a fine collection filled with insightful chapters by leading specialists. The volume makes an important contribution to our understanding of both recent developments and continuing trends in Arab North Africa. I recommend it highly.'- Mark Tessler, University of Michigan, USA'A timely exploration by distinguished North African and Western scholars of the conflicts throughout the region between traditional North African regime policies of "robust authoritarianism" and popular aspirations for change. I highly recommend it.' - Ambassador Richard B. Parker, Middle East Institute, Washington DC, USA'The editors have assembled a first-rate team of scholars of the Maghreb to address key issues of political evolution, regional dynamics, and global strategy as the states of North Africa cope with the era of the 'war on terrorism.' - Robert Mortimer, Haverford College, USA'The volume provides a broad range of important and up-to-date information and analysis on the reality of life in the North African region. The book offers a deep and wide ranging analysis of issues relating to each of the five seperate countries and also looks at regional and international relations, including such topics as the relations between France and the Maghreb, and the politics of Berber identity in Algerian and Morocco.]...[North Africa fills a vacuum in the scholarly Maghreb literature and is a must-read for anyone wishing better to understand the region. Most of its components stand on their own and can be used in university studies.' - Yehudit Ronen, Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2010 'This is a splendid contribution to our knowledge of recent North African developments. It is remarkably comprehensive, with excellent country surveys, region-wide and international-strategic analyses. The chapters are up-to-date, meticulously researched, and sober in their conclusions. Anyone with a serious interest in North Africa-professors, students, policy-makers, businesspeople-will find this volume indispensable.' - Dr. Michael C. Hudson, Director, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University'This is a fine collection filled with insightful chapters by leading specialists. The volume makes an important contribution to our understanding of both recent developments and continuing trends in Arab North Africa. I recommend it highly.'- Dr. Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan'A timely exploration by distinguished North African and Western scholars of the conflicts throughout the region between traditional North African regime policies of "robust authoritarianism" and popular aspirations for change. I highly recommend it.' - Ambassador Richard B. Parker, scholar-in-residence emeritus, Middle East Institute, Washington, DC'The editors have assembled a first-rate team of scholars of the Maghreb to address key issues of political evolution, regional dynamics, and global strategy as the states of North Africa cope with the era of the 'war on terrorism.' - Dr. Robert Mortimer, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Haverford College Read more...
