Morocco
The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges
Nonfiction, History, Africa, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory
| Author: | Marvine Howe | ISBN: | 9780190290849 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Publication: | June 30, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Marvine Howe |
| ISBN: | 9780190290849 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication: | June 30, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Language: | English |
In Morocco, Marvine Howe, a former correspondent for The New York Times, presents an incisive and comprehensive review of the Moroccan kingdom and its people, past and present. She provides a vivid and frank portrait of late King Hassan, whom she knew personally and credits with laying the foundations of a modern, pro-Western state and analyzes the pressures his successor, King Mohammed VI has come under to transform the autocratic monarchy into a full-fledged democracy. Howe addresses emerging issues and problems--equal rights for women, elimination of corruption and correction of glaring economic and social disparities--and asks the fundamental question: can this ancient Muslim kingdom embrace western democracy in an era of deepening divisions between the Islamic world and the West?
In Morocco, Marvine Howe, a former correspondent for The New York Times, presents an incisive and comprehensive review of the Moroccan kingdom and its people, past and present. She provides a vivid and frank portrait of late King Hassan, whom she knew personally and credits with laying the foundations of a modern, pro-Western state and analyzes the pressures his successor, King Mohammed VI has come under to transform the autocratic monarchy into a full-fledged democracy. Howe addresses emerging issues and problems--equal rights for women, elimination of corruption and correction of glaring economic and social disparities--and asks the fundamental question: can this ancient Muslim kingdom embrace western democracy in an era of deepening divisions between the Islamic world and the West?
