Urban renewal and social development in Morocco in an age of neoliberal government

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 38, Issue 129, 2011, Pages 403-417

  Zemni, Sami ^a   Bogaert, Koenraad ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Morocco; political change; urban politics

Indexed keywords

LIBERALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN RENEWAL;

MOROCCO;

EID: 84858430314     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: 17401720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2011.603180     Document Type: Article

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