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the Maghreb
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- ISBN 9781787382961
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jan 2020
- Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Ever since independence, revolts and riots in North Africa have structured relations between society and the state. While the state has always managed to restore order, the unexpected outbreak of the Arab Spring revolts has presented a real challenge to state stability. Taking a long-term historical perspective, this book analyses how public authorities have implemented policies to manage the Maghreb’s restive societies, viewed at first as 'retrograde' and then as 'radicalised'.
National cohesion has been a major concern for post-colonial leaders who aim to build strong states capable of controlling the population. Historically, North African nations found colonial oppression to be the very bond that united them, but what continues to hold these communities and nation-states together after independence? If public interest is not at the heart of the state’s actions, how can national loyalties be maintained? Luis Martinez analyses how states approach these questions, showing that the fight against jihadist groups both helps to reconstruct essential ties of state belonging and also promotes the development of a border control policy. He highlights the challenges posed by fragile political communities and weak state instruments, and the response of leaders striving to build peaceful pluralistic nations in North Africa.
Luis Martinez is a senior research fellow at CERI Sciences Po, Paris. Formerly visiting professor at Columbia University (2000-1) and the University of Montréal (2007-8), he is the author of, inter alia, The Algerian Civil War, 1990–1998; The Libyan Paradox; and The Violence of Petro-Dollar Regimes, all published by Hurst.
