The revolt of small towns: the meaning of Morocco's history and the geography of social protests

Koenraad Bogaert

Review of African Political Economy, 2020, vol. 42, issue 143, 124-140

Abstract: Attempts to understand the wider context of the Arab uprisings in Morocco mainly focus on the dynamic created by the 20 February Movement, while the long history of increasing socio-economic struggle tends to be underestimated. This article argues that the political and democratic protests of the last two years and the history of socio-economic protests cannot be viewed as unrelated phenomena but must be understood as part of the same process. The account focuses on different disturbances, such as the riots in the phosphate mining region of Khouribga, to show the particular dynamic between civil democratic and socio-economic struggles.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2014.918536

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