The politics of development in Morocco : local governance and participation in North Africa / / by Sylvia I. Bergh

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910162795303321
• Autore: Bergh Sylvia I (Sylvia Irene), <1976->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-350-98912-6; 1-78672-116-3; 1-78673-116-9
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Library of development studies
• Disciplina: 320.964
• Soggetti: Decentralization in government - Morocco; Democracy - Morocco; Local government - Morocco; Political participation - Morocco; Rural development - Morocco; Morocco Politics and government 1961-1999; Morocco Politics and government 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
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• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Development Synergies -- Chapter 3: State-Society Relations and Popular Participation in Morocco -- Chapter 4: Local Government Administrative Capacity: Evidence from Two Rural Communes -- Chapter 5: Local Government Fiscal Autonomy and Political Participation: Evidence from Two Rural Communes -- Chapter 6: The Capacity of Local Associations -- Chapter 7: Local Governments and Village Associations: Limited Embeddedness and Political Instrumentalization -- Chapter 8: Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Since the mid-1990s, Morocco has sought to present itself as a model of genuine and gradual reform, with decentralisation as a key tenet of this. Here, Sylvia Bergh investigates the dynamics of popular participation and local governance, testing the extent to which the ; current structure builds local capacity, or whether it is, in fact, a tool for 'soft' state control. She narrates the realities of local administration and civil society to shed critical light on questions of democratic transition in North Africa. Her assessment of decentralisation and participatory development projects in rural Morocco, and the legal and policy frameworks in which they operate, leads to the conclusion that they have generally not yet led to an expansion of a civil society able to build local capacity or enhance bottom-up empowerment. Grounded in an approach of the 'anthropology of policy', this book makes an important contribution to literature on the democratisation, development and governance in North Africa."--Bloomsbury Publishing.