Politics and Power in the Maghreb

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The world was stunned when the entrenched regime of Tunisia s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown on January 14, 2011 This massive popular revolt shook the foundations of a small country, and its profound ramifications have echoed throughout the wider Arab world Many wondered why they had failed to grasp the extent of Tunisia s unrest They also recognized a general ignorance about the parts of the Arab world surrounding Tunisia, particularly the Maghreb region, which attracts only a fraction of the foreign interest largely directed toward Egypt, the Levant, and the Gulf This book examines the politics of three important players in the central Maghreb Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco since they gained independence from European colonial rule in the 1950s and 1960s Michael J Willis maps the political dynamics of the region by focusing on the roles played by multiple actors, including the military, various political parties, and Islamist movements. New Download Politics and Power in the Maghreb [ Author ] Michael J. Willis [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Willis fills a huge gap in scholarship on geopolitics in French North Africa Historians have typically focused on the influences ON the area such as that by Europe or the Middle East and have failed to draw out theindigenous elements of the region Willis draws these themes out and succeeds in providing a good political narrative of the region, domestically, regionally, and internationally from post colonial experiences to 2011 However, he focuses on two dynamics, economics and polit Willis fills a huge gap in scholarship on geopolitics in French North Africa Historians have typically focused on the influences ON the area such as that by Europe or the Middle East and have failed to draw out theindigenous elements of the region Willis draws these themes out and succeeds in providing a good political narrative of the region, domestically, regionally, and in...

Politics and Power in the Maghreb
  • English
  • 06 May 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 410 pages
  • 0231703244
  • Michael J. Willis
  • Politics and Power in the Maghreb