Politics of Food in Modern Morocco [electronic resource] /
Holden, Stacy E.
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
c2009.
Holden successfully argues that, rather than the importance of a theocratic government to the citizenry, the key factor in the government's stability is its ability to provide food to its people in an equitable manner, despite arid conditions. Further, without apologizing for abuses of power, she suggests that an authoritative government may be the most logical form of government in the semi-arid lands of the Arab-Islamic world.
Holden successfully argues that, rather than the importance of a theocratic government to the citizenry, the key factor in the government's stability is its ability to provide food to its people in an equitable manner, despite arid conditions. Further, without apologizing for abuses of power, she suggests that an authoritative government may be the most logical form of government in the semi-arid lands of the Arab-Islamic world.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Food and politics in the Arab-Islamic world -- pt. 1. The more things change-- -- The political economy of Moroccan hunger -- Industrialism and participatory politics at the water mill -- Commerce and class tensions at the butcher shop -- pt. 2. --the more they stay the same -- The economic and political order of colonial Morocco -- The colonial preservation of the miller's trade -- Fiscal politics at the municipal slaughterhouse -- pt. 3. Continuity and change -- Struggles for scarce resources in the 1930s -- Famine and the emergence of popular nationalism -- Conclusion -- Glossary.
Description based on print version record.
Nationalism
Power (Social sciences)
Social classes
Islam and politics
Nutrition policy
Hunger
Food supply