Economic Crisis and Political Change in North Africa

A collective effort by American and North African scholars, this volume provides a comprehensive analysis of recent economic, social, and political events in North Africa. It shows how the Maghrebi states and societies are currently at a very important junction as they try to adjust to different ways of doing things in new regional and international orders.

Using a political economy approach, the book focuses on a series of issues raised by the interaction between economic crisis and reform on the one hand, and political change or stagnation on the other. The author and his contributors provide a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of particular value to scholars and researchers of the Arab world in general and North Africa in particular.

List of contents

Introduction: Rewriting the Future in the Maghreb by William Zartman
The Essence of Reforms in Algeria by Ammar Bouhouche
Algeria: Democratic Transition at a Standstill by Yahia H. Zoubir
The Political Economy of Structural Adjustment in Morocco by Guilain Denoeux and Abdeslam Maghraoui
State-Society Relations and Change in Morocco by Azzedine Layachi
The Political Logic of Economic Reform in Tunisia by Robert J. King
The Libyan Jamahiriyya: Economic Liberalization in a Rentier State by Dirk Vandewalle
Western Sahara: Political Economy of a Conflict by Yahia H. Zoubir
Conclusion: The Magreb in Transition by Azzedine Layachi
Index

About the author

AZZEDINE LAYACHI is Associate Professor of Political Science at St. John's University, New York. He published several books and articles on North Africa, including The United States and North Africa (Praeger, 1990), and has made numerous radio, television, and conference appearances.

Product details

• Authors: Layachi Azzedine
• Assisted by: Azzedine Layachi (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.1998
• EAN: 9780275961428
• ISBN: 978-0-275-96142-8
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, macroeconomics, Political structure & processes, Political Economy, North Africa, Microeconomics, Political structure and processes, Politics, Law, and Government: Comparative Politics