COUPS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE MAGHREB – BETWEEN THE HUNGER FOR POWER AND THE QUEST FOR DEMOCRACY Cover Image

LES COUPS D’ETAT ET LES MOUVEMENTS SOCIAUX DANS L’ESPACE MAGHREBIN – ENTRE LA SOIF DE POUVOIR ET LA QUETE DE DEMOCRATIE
COUPS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE MAGHREB – BETWEEN THE HUNGER FOR POWER AND THE QUEST FOR DEMOCRACY

Author(s): Maria Adriana Ţiboc (Popița)
Subject(s): Civil Society, Government/Political systems, Politics and society, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: authoritarian regime; society; social movements; coups; the Maghreb;

Summary/Abstract: In any society, change and political renewal are more than necessary for a good and healthy governance. However, political alternation remains rare in Africa, particularly in French-speaking countries, fact that turned this region, at the beginning of the 2000s, into one of old, authoritarian or semi-democratic regimes not willing to give up the power. This article will focus on the types of actions (coups, revolutions, riots) that have challenged these regimes since the independence of the countries until now. We will analyze the context in which these actions emerged and the way in which they are more or less skillfully managed by the regimes.

  • Issue Year: 68/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 71-94
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: French