Morocco : the Islamist awakening and other challenges /

Howe, Marvine,

Morocco : the Islamist awakening and other challenges / [print] Marvine Howe. - New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2005. - 428 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Part I: Return to Morocco Part II: The Ever-Present Past Part III: Society in Motion Part IV: Royal Democracy



1 Commander of the Faithful -- 2 Tour du Maroc 3 Protectors, Wards, and Rebels -- 4 The Long Shadow of King Hassan II 5 Islamic Revival -- 6 The Conflicting Worlds of Women -- 7 Split Identity -- 8 Grappling with Mirages 9 Zigzags on the Road to Democracy -- 10 The New Society -- 11 Saharan Imbroglio -- 12 Friends, Neighbors, Others -- 13 Kingdom at the Crossroads -- Epilogue: The Challenges

In Morocco, Marvine Howe, a former correspondent for The New York Times presents an incisive and comprehensive review of the Moroccan kingdom and its people, past and present. She provides a vivid and frank portrait of late King Hassan, whom she knew personally and credits with laying the foundations of a modern, pro-Western state and analyzes the pressures his successor, King Mohammed Virgin Islands has come under to transform the autocratic monarchy into a full-fledged democracy. Howe addresses emerging issues and problems--equal rights for women, elimination of corruption and correction ofglaringeconomic and social disparities--and asks the fundamental question: can this ancient Muslim kingdom embrace western democracy in an era of deepening divisions between the Islamic world and the West?



9780195169638

2004018891

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013146960 Uk


Islam et politique--Maroc.
Islamisme--Maroc.

DT305.H857.M676 2005 DT305