North Africa is undergoing major transformations; it is an area where business is booming and where vibrant civil societies are emerging. This region, which lies alongside the Mediterranean, has acquired strategic significance not only fro the North Africans themselves, but also for Europe, a close neighbor, and the Untied States, the world hegemonic power. However, despite the substantial, positive changes taking place, the region remains dominated by despotic regimes unwilling to allow genuine democratic transitions. This book addresses salient aspects of contemporary developments in the Maghreb region (Algeria, Libya mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia, as well as developments concerning the Western Saara conflict). The contributors, all leading scholars in their respective fields, provide thorough understanding of the evolution of those countries and the problems, such as terrorism, Islamism, migration, political oppression, and the socioeconomic imbalances, which have delayed the development of each nation.
With profiles of individual countries and regional issues, such as migration, gender, integration, economics, and was in Western Sahara, as well as a section dealing with international relations and the Maghreb, including US and EU foreign policy and security issues, North Africa: Politics, Region and the limits of Transformation is a major resource for all students of Middle Eastern Studies and North African Politics.
- Paperback: 394 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; New Ed edition (17 Jan 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415429218
- ISBN-13: 978-0415429214
