Spain and North Africa: Towards a 'Dynamic Stability'

García, Bernabé López; Larramendi, Miguel Hernando de

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“…Indeed, in an ironic twist of history, the rhetoric of historical intercultural dialogue that underpinned Infante's Andalucista ideology, and that ultimately led to his execution at the hands of Francisco Franco's forces in 1936, was also coopted as a tool by the Franco regime to legitimize Spain's continuing colonial presence in Morocco in the 1940s and 50s. In the lead up to Moroccan independence in 1956, there was increased emphasis on historical and cultural links across the Strait, as a way of consolidating colonial rule (García and de Larramendi 2002). Therefore, to a certain extent we need to question the assertion that al-Andalus and the idea of convivencia constitute a shared cultural heritage, when in many respects the promotion of interfaith encounters in Morocco can also be linked to a specific period of Spanish colonialism.…”

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The Musical Bridge—Intercultural Regionalism and the Immigration Challenge in Contemporary Andalusia

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Machin-Autenrieth

2019

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The ideals of tolerance and cultural exchange associated with the interfaith past of Muslim Spain (al-Andalus) have become a symbol for Andalusian regionalism and for the integration of Moroccan communities. Nowhere is this more keenly felt than in the context of music. In cities such as Granada, Moroccan and Spanish musicians actively promote the ideals of intercultural dialogue through the performance of repertoires such as flamenco and Arab-Andalusian music that allegedly possess a shared cultural history. In this article, we examine the interrelationship between music and ‘intercultural regionalism’, focusing on how music is used by public institutions to ground social integration in the discourse of regionalism. Against a backdrop of rising Islamophobia and the mobilization of right-wing populist and anti-immigration rhetoric both within Spain and internationally, the authors consider how music can be used to promote social integration, to overcome Islamophobia and to tackle radicalization. We advance two arguments. First, we argue that the musical interculturalism promoted by a variety of institutions needs to be understood within the wider project of Andalusian regionalism. Here, we note that musical integration of Spain’s cultural and historical ‘Other’ (Moroccans) into Andalusian society is promoted as a model for how Europe can overcome the alleged ‘death of multiculturalism’. The preferential way to achieve this objective is through ‘intercultural regionalism’, envisioned as the combination of regional identity-building and intercultural interactions between communities that share a common cultural heritage. Second, we assess some of the criticism of the efficacy of al-Andalus as a model for contemporary intercultural exchange. Combining approaches in political science and ethnomusicology, we focus on one case study, the Fundación Tres Culturas (FTC). Through interviews with figures within the FTC, we examine why this model has become partly insufficient and how it is borne out in the sorts of musical activities programmed by FTC that seek to move beyond the ‘andalusí’ myth. We conclude by recognizing the continuing regional and international importance of this myth but we question its integrating capacity at a time of radical political, economic and environmental upheaval.

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The Musical Bridge—Intercultural Regionalism and the Immigration Challenge in Contemporary Andalusia

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The European Union's Democracy Promotion Policies in Algeria: Success or Failure?

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Celenk

2007

The Journal of North African Studies

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This article aims at analysing the problem of democratisation in Algeria, with a specific focus on the impact on it of its relations with the European Union within the context of the democracy promotion policies of the EU. Although the EU has expressed ambitious goals regarding democracy promotion in the Mediterranean in general, member state policy preferences within the EU, the weakness of the intervention tools such as the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), the Barcelona Process and the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), and the EU's short-term rather than long-term concern for political stability have acted as obstacles to the EU playing a role in Algeria. The Military, Islam and Democracy in Algeria The problem of democratisation in Algeria has three main aspects: a colonisation history, the legacy of Islam and a highly autonomous military lacking civilian control. Algeria was one of the colonies of France from 1830 until 1962, when the Revolutionary War or the War of Liberation began. After eight years of war, the independence of Algeria was declared in 1962. However, the legacy of the war as well as the colonial history shaped the political structure of Algeria after it gained its independence. The main legacies of these experiences were the supremacy of the military and authoritarian tendencies in governance. The military is one of the key elite groups in Algerian politics, and has designed a 'guardianship role' for itself through military interventions, and strengthened this role by gaining representation in political institutions at national and local levels. The Algerian army justified the political role also by its internal principles. Entelis argues that the military identified itself with the people, the revolution, the unity of the state and a strong state structure (1982, p. 110), which were also important for most

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A Two-Level Game: Spain and the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights in Morocco

Feliu¹

2003

Mediterranean Politics

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Spain and North Africa: Towards a 'Dynamic Stability'

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The Musical Bridge—Intercultural Regionalism and the Immigration Challenge in Contemporary Andalusia

The Musical Bridge—Intercultural Regionalism and the Immigration Challenge in Contemporary Andalusia

The European Union's Democracy Promotion Policies in Algeria: Success or Failure?

A Two-Level Game: Spain and the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights in Morocco

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