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In recent years, authoritarian states in the Middle East and North Africa have faced increasing international pressure to decentralize political power. Decentra

The overthrow of the regime of President Ben Ali in Tunisia on 14 January 2011 took the world by surprise. The popular revolt in this small Arab country and the

Governments fail to provide the public goods needed for development when its leaders knowingly and deliberately ignore sound technical advice or are unable to f

Brand focuses on three countries--Jordan, Tunisia, and Morocco--with special attention to issues such as access to contraception and abortion, labor, pension, c

The book begins with an interpretation of the restructured Moroccan political system during the past decade and continues with analyses of the makhzen (royal pa