Social Protest and Nationalism in Western Sahara: Struggles around Fisheries and Housing in El Ayun and Dakhla. Issue 3 (3rd July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Veguilla, Victoria
• Is Part Of: Mediterranean politics. Volume 22:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 362
• Page End: 382
• Publication Date: 2017-07-03
• Subjects: Mediterranean Region -- Politics and government -- 1945- -- Periodicals; 320.91822
• DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2016.1215046
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1362-9395

Abstract

Abstract: The Gdeim Izik protest emerged in response to Moroccan public policy (the distribution of land for construction) and adopted a nationalist line during the course of the action, provoking a heavy-handed response from Moroccan state security forces. This paper analyses the process and places it in the broader context of protest movements that emerge in situations of occupation and authoritarian rule. To that end, the study addresses the reconfiguration of the protest camp in Western Sahara during the 2000s, including protests that were not explicitly pro-independence struggles, to examine how Sahrawi protest actors perceived and assessed this context and how this assessment influenced their individual and collective action strategies.