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Morocco between Decentralization and Recentralization: Encountering the State in the 'Useless Morocco'

Cover: Local Politics and Contemporary Transformations in the Arab World. Governance Beyond the Center

Cover: Local Politics and Contemporary Transformations in the Arab World. Governance Beyond the Center

Anja Hoffmann – 2013

‘Decentralization in Morocco? If that is your topic the answer is easy, we don’t have any decentralization in Morocco. Many of the interviews I conducted during my fieldwork in Luant pointed in this or a similar direction. Yet, decentralization is a concept intensively discussed in the Moroccan context. It is framed as a formula to overcome development inequalities between urban centers and rural areas, as a method to increase the participation of all parts of the population, and thus as a feature of the so-called ‘democratic transition’ and, finally, as a way to absorb secession efforts.

Title
Morocco between Decentralization and Recentralization: Encountering the State in the 'Useless Morocco'
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Location
Basingstoke
Keywords
MENA, local actors, statehood, trust, Research Project B6
Date
2013
Identifier
ISBN 978-1137338686
Source(s)
Appeared in
Governance and Limited Statehood Series
Language
eng
Type
Text