Contemporary North Africa: Issues Of Development And Integration (routledge Library Editions: North Africa)

This book by a group of international scholars, both Arab and Western, was first published in 1985, and considers the state of contemporary North Africa and its position both in the Arab world and within wider international affairs. It examines the cultural and historical contexts which have shaped political and social conditions within the region. It also considers the nature of intra-regional conflict which has long been a feature of the North African political scene. The sociological impact of economic development within the region is treated at length, as are the changing positions of both the traditional elites and new groups such as women workers. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Original Title Page Original Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Maghrib: Between the West and East 1. Double Criticism: The Decolonization of Arab Sociology 2. Political Dynamics of the Maghrib: The Cultural Dialectic 3. U.S.-Maghribi Relations: Model or Muddle? 4. Arab-Western Polarities: A Content Analysis Study of the Tunisian Journal Al-Fikr Part II: Intra-regional Conflicts 5. Evolution of the Maghrib Concept: Facts and Perspectives 6. Historical Influences on Intra-regional Relations in the Maghrib 7. The Political Economy of North African Relations: Cooperation or Conflict? 8. The Western Sahara Dispute as a Source of Regional Conflict in North Africa Part III: Structural Changes 9. States and Regimes in the Maghrib 10. New Directions in Interpreting North African Society 11. The Industrialization of Algeria: An Overview 12. Women’s Work: Religious and Scientific Concepts as Political Manipulation in Dependent Islam Part IV: Cultural Dynamics 229 13. The New Cultural and Imaginative Discourse in Morocco: Utopic Change 14. The Plurality of the One Index