Arab Spring: The Role of the Peripheries

Huber, Daniela; Kamel, Lorenzo

doi:10.1080/13629395.2015.1033905

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“…38 Our respondents agreed that the makhzen was the real 'winner' of the F20M mobilization, establishing itself as the main actor and the only one able to promote change, and therefore probably emerged stronger than before, or at least not much weaker. The analysis that the swift announcements of structural reforms defused the protests and kept the regime's power base mostly intact is shared by several external observers (Dalmasso, 2012;Kamel and Huber, 2015;Maghraoui, 2011;Pace & Cavatorta, 2012;Silverstein 2011).…”

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“…The new constitution includes important provisions for 'advanced regionalization' as well as the recognition of Amazigh as an official language. The case of Morocco is interesting because, together with most of the Gulf States and Jordan in particular, it can be considered an exception on the 'Arab Spring' scene because the defensive democratization strategies that brought about limited reforms (Kamel & Huber, 2015) defused the opposition while the power bases of the central regime remained intact.…”

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Plus ça Change? Observing the Dynamics of Morocco's ‘Arab Spring’ in the High Atlas

Bergh

Rossi-Doria²

2015

Mediterranean Politics

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This contribution focuses on the 'Arab Spring' in Morocco and on the interactions between the mainly urban-based activists that made up the 20 February Movement (F20M), and the population in rural areas. Based on six weeks of fieldwork between November 2013 and March 2014, mostly in the areas in and near Marrakech, we find that while the urban F20M events stimulated and inspired protests in rural areas, in practice there were only sporadic contacts based on the activists' personal feelings of belonging rather than their organizational membership. This is mainly due to discursive disconnects between the centre and periphery. As for the outcomes, in particular the new constitution, many respondents believe that nothing has changed so far.

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Section: Perceived Outcomes Of the F20mmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%