Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco : : Strategies of Centralization and Decentralization / / Janine A. Clark.
In recent years, authoritarian states in the Middle East and North Africa have faced increasing international pressure to decentralize political power. Decentralization is presented as a panacea that will foster good governance and civil society, helping citizens procure basic services and fight cor...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. Coalition Building and the Social Relations That Support Authoritarian Regimes
- II. Centralization and "Decentralization" in Jordan
- III. Decentralization, Co-optation, and Regime Legitimation in Morocco
- IV. The Destabilizing Effects of Centralization
- V. Elite Capture and Regime Stabilization in Morocco
- VI. Morocco's Opposition Party, the PJD
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index