The Post Arab Spring Reform: The Maghreb at a Cross Roads. (14th February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sadiki, Larbi; Bouandel, Youcef
• Is Part Of: Domes. Volume 25:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 109
• Page End: 131
• Publication Date: 2016-02-14
• Subjects: Middle East -- Periodicals; Africa, North -- Periodicals; Middle East -- Book reviews -- Periodicals; Africa, North -- Book reviews -- Periodicals; 956.005
• DOI: 10.1111/dome.12079
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1060-4367

Abstract

Abstract: The Arab Spring, which was launched in Tunisia, took the Arab Middle East by storm. Its results, to varying degrees, have been felt in every country in the region. In the Maghreb, three scenarios have been unfolding. Tunisia has seen the greatest changes with the country maneuvering its transition to democracy. Algeria — whose aims have not necessarily been a genuine transition to democracy, but to keep the status quo — has continued its process of reforms that started almost three decades ago. In Morocco, the leadership has used the Arab Spring to initiate a series of incremental reforms to further open up the political space, in a more controlled fashion.