The Politics of Rural Mobilization in North Africa

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Title:	The Politics of Rural Mobilization in North Africa
Author:	Ashford, Douglas E.
Year:	1969
Periodical:	Journal of Modern African Studies
Volume:	7
Issue:	2
Period:	July
Pages:	187-202
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Maghreb
Subjects:	agricultural development community development Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/159123
Abstract:	In the Maghreb a common historical and cultural experience has yielded three sharply contrasting approaches to development. Morocco: reassertion of traditional power a liberal policy for economic and social change. Algeria: the revolutionary government searches for order following a decade of profound upheaval. Tunisia: the single-party regime continues to blend state control with individual initiative. In this diversity a common thread for analysis is provided by the problem of the mobilisation and integration into the political system of a large rural population. This problem of rural mobilisation is considered here as an organisational one. After dealing with the setting in which the North African farmer finds himself now the author turns to the question of which political strategy will maximise the organisational effectiveness of agriculture: Algeria's radical re-organisation - Morocco's cautious approach to rural mobilisation-Tunisia's organisational tour de force - Rural mobilisation as a political issue. Notes.