Political transformation and democratization: new patterns of interaction between public administration and civil society in North Africa
By: Mohamedou, Mohammad-Mahmoud.
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ArticlePublisher: 1998Description: p.73-82.Subject(s): Public administration - Africa, North | Public administration
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International Review of Administrative SciencesSummary: In the post-Second Gulf War period, a wave of democratization has emerged in the North African region known as the Maghreb. This undertaking is primarily concerned with the need to redirect the existing state-society relationships so as to encompass a larger, more democratically formalized political spectrum. Yet, in spite of some marked advances, conflict between government and civil society forces largely persist and have been worsened. Contestation has remained the order of the day as regimes are still unable to carry out social promises. This discussion proceeds from the notion that (1) democracy and civil society constitute the bedrock of legitimate governance; and (2) Maghrebi societies are in a process of alteration wherein this same twofold set of democratic governance is being articulated in relation to national strategies of development. The transformation process is underpinned by the relationship between political stabilization and political turbulence in the context of the demand for more political participation in mid-1990s North Africa
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In the post-Second Gulf War period, a wave of democratization has emerged in the North African region known as the Maghreb. This undertaking is primarily concerned with the need to redirect the existing state-society relationships so as to encompass a larger, more democratically formalized political spectrum. Yet, in spite of some marked advances, conflict between government and civil society forces largely persist and have been worsened. Contestation has remained the order of the day as regimes are still unable to carry out social promises. This discussion proceeds from the notion that (1) democracy and civil society constitute the bedrock of legitimate governance; and (2) Maghrebi societies are in a process of alteration wherein this same twofold set of democratic governance is being articulated in relation to national strategies of development. The transformation process is underpinned by the relationship between political stabilization and political turbulence in the context of the demand for more political participation in mid-1990s North Africa
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