Municipal Administration of Spanish Protectorate Cities in Morocco (1912-1956): A Model Subordinated to the Interests of Colonialist Policy
Municipal Administration of Spanish Protectorate Cities in Morocco (1912-1956): A Model Subordinated to the Interests of Colonialist Policy

Summary/Abstract: Abstract: The colonial authorities of the Protectorate of Spain in Morocco organised the administration of the cities under a model that took back precedents of the local administration of the Empire that were characteristic of the municipal organisation of the French area and also of the local Spanish legislation. Nevertheless, the different responsible organisms of the municipal management had few attributions, they had not enough economical resources and autonomy to exercise functions, and the colonial authorities controlled their activity and the election of the citizenry representatives whom had excessive representation of Spanish and Jewish people in front of the Muslim ones. In all, the municipal administration was a simply extension of the government power and another instrument that served to the colonial Spanish politics.

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