ISBN:
0-19-516963-8
,
978-0-19-516963-8
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 428 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
DDC:
964.05
Keywords:
Marokko Islam
;
Islam und Politik
;
Königreich
;
Demokratisierung
;
Fundamentalismus
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
In Morocco, Marvine Howe, a former correspondent for The New York Times presents an incisive and comprehensive review of the Moroccan kingdom and its people, past and present. She provides a vivid and frank portrait of late King Hassan, whom she knew personally and credits with laying the foundations of a modern, pro-Western state and analyzes the pressures his successor, King Mohammed VI has come under to transform the autocratic monarchy into a full-fledged democracy. Howe addresses emerging issues and problems--equal rights for women, elimination of corruption and correction of glaring economic and social disparities--and asks the fundamental question: can this ancient Muslim kingdom embrace western democracy in an era of deepening divisions between the Islamic world and the West? (Verlagsangaben)
Description / Table of Contents:
Return to Morocco -- Commander of the faithful -- Tour du Maroc -- The ever present past -- Protectors and wards -- The shadow of King Hassan II -- Society in motion -- Islamic revival -- The conflicting worlds of women -- Split identity -- Grappling with mirages -- Royal democracy -- Zigzags on the road to democracy -- The new society -- Saharan imbroglio -- Friends, neighbors and others -- Kingdom at the crossroads.
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004018891.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0640/2004018891-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2004018891-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004018891.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0640/2004018891-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2004018891-b.html
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