Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco: Strategies of Centralization and Decentralization

by Janine A Clark and Janine A. Clark

Book Overview

In recent years, authoritarian states in the Middle East and North Africa have faced increasing international pressure to decentralize political power. Decentralization is presented as a panacea that will foster good governance and civil society, helping citizens procure basic services and fight corruption. Two of these states, Jordan and Morocco, are monarchies with elected parliaments and recent experiences of liberalization. Morocco began devolving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231183585
• ISBN13: 9780231183581
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"