Dangerous Alliances
Subtitle: Civil Society, the Media and Democratic Transition in North Africa
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: August 16, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781842771600
Subjects: Asian studies; Human rights; Media studies; Political structure & processes; Algeria; Morocco; North Africa; Tunisia; Anthropology - Cultural; Government - Comparative; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Political Science / International Relations; Archaeology / Anthropology; Africa, North; Civil society; Political participation; Politics and government; Politics/International Relations
Description: This is an up-to-date and insightful account of modern politics in three crucial North African countries--Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, known together as the Maghreb. It examines the ways in which the outward forms of democratic governance can be emptied of content, specifically through a conjunction of a power-hungry leader and a quiescent civil society that allows him to wield this power.