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ID091821
Title ProperPolitical dynamics of North Africa
LanguageENG
AuthorJoffe, George
Publication2009.
Summary / Abstract (Note)North Africa is notable for the remarkable stability of its political systems despite the increasingly hostile social and economic environment in which they operate. In part this results from their current security engagement with Europe but more important, perhaps, is the shared political culture that informs them despite the great differences between them and their failure to fulfill the principles upon which they were, for the most part, founded. This is, in part, typified by the very similar mechanisms they have each developed to ensure political continuity, based either on monarchical succession or dynastic republicanism. It is less clear, however, that they will be able to resist the most recent challenges arising from Islamist social movements, although the new political dispensations that might emerge may not be so very different from their predecessors.
`In' analytical NoteInternational Affairs Vol. 85, No. 5; Sep 2009: p931-949
Journal SourceInternational Affairs Vol. 85, No. 5; Sep 2009: p931-949
Key WordsNorth Africa ;  History ;  Politics ;  Libya ;  Tunisia ;  Algeria ;  Morocco