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Amazigh politics in the wake of the Arab Spring /

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Amazigh politics in the wake of the Arab Spring /

[Book]

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman.

First edition.

Austin :

University of Texas Press,

2022.

©2022

1 online resource :

maps

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Toward a second republic? Algeria and the Amazigh question -- Obscure no longer: Libyan Amazigh in a fractured polity -- Azawad: the abortive republic -- Tunisia: the Amazigh factor enters the realm -- Moroccan Amazigh and the makhzen: from recognition to malaise.

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"In the wake of the uprisings that spread across several countries in the Middle East and North Africa beginning in December 2010, scholars and political correspondents were quick to provide analyses of the regime changes and political fallout of what became dubbed the "Arab Spring." While an abundance of commentary has focused on the majority, city-dwelling populations who most visibly participated in the protests, there has been little examination of the impact these mass political upheavals have had on Amazigh communities, often known as Berbers, who live throughout much of North Africa and the Sahel. Maddy-Weitzman investigates Amazigh identity movements within the context of the Arab Spring. He contends that, although the countries in which Amazigh groups have the largest populations (Morocco and Algeria) did not witness substantial challenges to their governments, the Amazigh have been central to questions of political legitimacy and status quo within these countries"--

Amazigh politics in the wake of the Arab Spring

9781477324820

Arab Spring, 2010-

Berbers-- Africa, North-- Social conditions-- History.

Berbers-- Ethnic identity.

Berbers-- Political activity-- Africa, North-- History-- 21st century.

National characteristics, African.

Africains.

Berbères-- Activité politique-- Afrique du Nord-- Histoire-- 21e siècle.

Berbères-- Afrique du Nord-- Conditions sociales.

Berbères-- Identité ethnique.

Printemps arabe, 2010-2011.

Berbers-- Ethnic identity.

Ethnic relations.

National characteristics, African.

Politics and government.

Africa, North, Ethnic relations, History.

Africa, North, Politics and government, History, 21st century.

Afrique du Nord, Relations interethniques, Histoire.

North Africa.

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