Morocco: Challenges to tradition and modernity

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The first edition of Morocco was published one year before the mass protests of the Arab Spring rocked the Moroccan state. Post-Arab Spring, the country has a new constitution and government, but the state remains uncompromising on any true reform of the monarchy’s claims to power. This new edition provides an introductory overview of the history, contemporary politics, economy, and international relations in Morocco and offers an examination of the challenges to tradition and modernity in the post-colonial state. It has been revised and updated to include analysis of the country’s evolving politics in the years following the Arab Spring, and the consequences this has had for the country’s traditional monarchy. It pays particular attention to the new constitution, the policies of the new Islamist-led government, and it includes an analysis of Morocco’s foreign policy in the post-Arab Spring regional context. Drawing on key academic texts, the author provides a detailed analysis of Morocco, focusing on issues such as: • Morocco’s role within the region • Trade policies with Europe • Migration • Morocco’s Western Sahara policy • Ways of dealing with Political Islam • The extent to which European influence has affected Moroccan society Easily accessible to non-specialists, practitioners, and upper level undergraduate students, the book will be essential reading for those working in the fields of North African studies, International Relations and Middle East studies. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of illustrations Preface Chronology Abbreviations 1. Introduction 1.1 Historical roots: the Alawi monarchy 1.2 Islam 1.3 Political parties 1.4 Elite politics 1.5 Responding to challenges: regime strength and political liberalisation 1.6 Plan of the book 2. Combining modern with traditional state structures 2.1 The origins of the state in pre-colonial Morocco 2.2 The colonial period and the rise of the nationalist movement 2.3 Towards independence 2.4 Independence and the struggle for power 2.5 Summary 3. The politics of exclusion and inclusion 3.1 Power struggles (1): the fragmentation of the state, 1961–73 3.2 Power struggles (2): the re-establishment of the state, 1974–77 3.3 The state’s basis of power, 1956–77 3.4 Divide and rule: political parties and civil society, 1977–84 3.5 The rise of Islamism 3.6 From constitutional reform to alternance 3.7 NGOs and the rise of new agendas 3.8 Succession and new leadership: the early years of Mohamed VI 3.9 Democratisation 3.10 The Arab Spring and the 2011 constitutional reform 3.11 Summary 4. The challenge of economic development 4.1 Agriculture: from tentative reform to laissez-faire and perpetual crisis 4.2 From import substitution to debt crisis and structural adjustment 4.3 Economic changes and the development of a new ruling pact 4.4 The INDH, free trade and the future of Morocco’s economic reform agenda 4.5 Summary 5. State legitimacy and foreign policy 5.1 Morocco’s domestic, regional and international environment 5.2 The Western Sahara issue 5.3 The EU and foreign economic policy 5.4 The United States and the Middle East conflict 5.5 Moroccan foreign policy after the Arab Spring 5.6 Summary 6. Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index