Democratization in the Arab World?: Depoliticization in Morocco

Issue Date October 2002
Volume 13
Issue 4
Page Numbers 24-32
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Since the 1950s, Morocco has engaged in reforms that have established a relatively open political and economic system, but democracy has not gained much in the bargain.

About the Author

Abdeslam M. Maghraoui, a Moroccan political scientist, is a visiting professor in the department of politics at Princeton University. Previously, he was a research fellow at Princeton’s Transregional Institute and taught Middle East politics at Georgetown University and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

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