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How is the ‘Arab Spring’ translated in terms of ‘reform’ in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia?
This is the key question this article attempts to address. The three Maghrebi countries
have adapted to the ‘Arab Spring’ using different approaches. In practice, the form of democratization
that has resulted from coming to terms with varies both in substance and
long-term effects. This makes the task of classifying ‘Arab Spring’ reforms both more difficult,
but necessary. Elections or constitution-making, usually taken to be hallmarks of democratisation,
do not necessarily mean the ‘Arab Spring’ is fully embraced. In being so,
this is particularly applicable to Tunisia, the birthplace of the ‘Arab Spring’. In Morocco
elections and constitutional amendments are used as tools of ‘containment’ – a middle
road, neither totally for nor against the ‘Arab Spring’. And yet in Algeria, there is a totally
different approach, mostly hostile to the ‘Arab Spring’.
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