Activism under authoritarianism: young political militants in Meknes

Desrues, Thierry; Kirhlani, Said

doi:10.1080/13629387.2013.849892

Cited by 20 publications

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“…Interview 18, 2014. The civic spirit expressed here confirms the findings by Desrues and Kirhlani (2013) on young people's activism in political parties in Meknes. 46.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Plus ça Change? Observing the Dynamics of Morocco's ‘Arab Spring’ in the High Atlas

Bergh¹,

Rossi-Doria²

2018

Arab Spring and Peripheries

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This contribution focuses on the 'Arab Spring' in Morocco and on the interactions between the mainly urban-based activists that made up the 20 February Movement (F20M), and the population in rural areas. Based on six weeks of fieldwork between November 2013 and March 2014, mostly in the areas in and near Marrakech, we find that while the urban F20M events stimulated and inspired protests in rural areas, in practice there were only sporadic contacts based on the activists' personal feelings of belonging rather than their organizational membership. This is mainly due to discursive disconnects between the centre and periphery. As for the outcomes, in particular the new constitution, many respondents believe that nothing has changed so far.

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“…Interview 18, 2014. The civic spirit expressed here confirms the findings by Desrues and Kirhlani (2013) on young people's activism in political parties in Meknes. 46.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Plus ça Change? Observing the Dynamics of Morocco's ‘Arab Spring’ in the High Atlas

Bergh¹,

Rossi-Doria²

2018

Arab Spring and Peripheries

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“…Second, similar to what Liow (2011) found in Malaysia and Desrues and Kirhlani (2013) in Morocco, the conditions for opposition parties in hybrid regimes to recruit young talents are not entirely bleak despite tremendous challenges, because some favorable factors still exist. For example, the importance of opposition parties themselves suggests that they can still come up with some effective strategies such as charismatic leaders, appealing ideologies, and internship programs.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 62%

What Drives Young People Into Opposition Parties Under Hybrid Regimes? A Comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore

2016

Asian Politics and Policy

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Research on youth participation in opposition parties under hybrid regimes is limited. This article explores and compares the contextual factors influencing young people to join opposition parties in the hybrid regimes of Hong Kong and Singapore. Based on life history interviews with 19 young opposition party members between the ages of 18 and 29 in both polities, this study identified seven significant factors. They are the characteristics of the opposition parties themselves, significant political events, politics‐related university experiences, media influence, voluntary organizations, family influence, and politics‐related secondary school experiences. This suggests that some favorable factors still exist for opposition parties in hybrid regimes to recruit young talents. This study also found that although most factors are shared by participants of both Hong Kong and Singapore, their relative importance and contents can be different, which may reflect the different types of hybrid regimes that these two societies respectively have.

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“…For some time in Morocco, when young activists participate in internal discussions and debates, tensions surface, their opinions are not taken into consideration, and their legitimate ambitions are usually rejected in favour of the co-opting of other people, sometimes without any history of activism (Zerhouni, 2009;Desrues and Kirhlani, 2013). This reality is highlighted by Saloua Zerhouni after the ‛Arab Spring' in her contribution to this special issue.…”

Section: Tunisia: From the Prominent Revolutionary Role Of Youth To Pmentioning

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Participación política y cívica de los jóvenes en África del norte: prácticas, discursos y opiniones

Desrues

Paredes

2019

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This text introduces the special issue that examines the opinions and political behaviour of young people in the three Maghreb countries-Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco-over the last ten years, after the so-called "Arab Spring". The assumption is that, although young North Africans do not form a homogeneous category and may even defend antagonistic outlooks on society, there are underlying trends that structure this emerging generation. The contributions of this special issue are articulated around three main topics: the construction and the representations of Youth as a social and political category; the political attitudes of young people and their perception of their respective societies in general and of political actors in particular; and finally, on the conflict between, on the one hand, the recognition of their rights and spaces for civic participation and, on the other, their electoral disaffection as reflected by opinion surveys and official data. In other words, this special issue discusses the complexity of the rise of a new generation through their narratives and their practices.

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Activism under authoritarianism: young political militants in Meknes

Cited by 20 publications

References 8 publications

Plus ça Change? Observing the Dynamics of Morocco's ‘Arab Spring’ in the High Atlas

Plus ça Change? Observing the Dynamics of Morocco's ‘Arab Spring’ in the High Atlas

What Drives Young People Into Opposition Parties Under Hybrid Regimes? A Comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore

Participación política y cívica de los jóvenes en África del norte: prácticas, discursos y opiniones

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