State-Formation and Patronage Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Berber-State Relations in Morocco and Algeria
[Thesis]
Attalah, Sihem
Brynen, Rex J.
McGill University (Canada)
2019
97 p.
M.A.
McGill University (Canada)
2019
This article seeks to account for the different relationships between the central government and Berber populations in Morocco and Algeria-The first case being largely integrative and the other frequently conflictual. Through a comparative historical analysis, it highlights the dual importance of the legacies of French colonial rule on one hand, and post-colonial configurations of political power on the other. Both variables were essential in shaping the extent and the composition of power networks in Morocco and Algeria, which defined the relationship Berber communities had with the central authority