Overview
Provides a multilevel analysis of the Western Sahara conflict on local, regional and international levels
Presents the realities of Moroccan governance in Western Sahara, including electoral and housing policies
Examines the effect of the Western Sahara conflict on regional security, migration and cultural identity
Explores the role and changing attitude of the international community to the Western Sahara conflict, with a focus on the UN, EU, France and Spain
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Global Level
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National and Local Levels (1): Moroccan Governance of the Western Sahara Territory
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National and Local Levels (2): Saharawi Resistance and Identity
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About this book
Reviews
“The forty-year protracted conflict in Western Sahara is shows no sign of resolution. The conflict attracts little attention and the scholarly literature on this former colony is rather scant. The chapters in this timely book decipher the main reasons for the stalemate through a judicious combination of theoretical and empirical material. The editors have brought together some of the best scholars from different disciplines to shed light on this complex conflict; this work is a must reading for all students of North African politics and conflict resolution.” (Yahia H. Zoubir, Professor of International Relations and Management, Kedge Business School, France)
“For some years there has been a clear need for a genuinely academic study of the Western Sahara conflict to counterbalance and supersede the many quite partisan accounts of the conflict. By bringing together a wide range of refreshingly younger scholars familiar with the conflict and its various parties, Global, Regional and Local Dimensions of Western Sahara’s Protracted Decolonization provides such a study and is set to be the standard work of reference on the subject for academics, students, writers and policy-makers alike.” (Michael J. Willis, Fellow in Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
“This in-depth, sophisticated study of the decades-old Western Sahara conflict offers a stark reminder of the powerlessness of international institutions relying on law and high principles vis-a-vis local actors that can ignore both because they have the ability to create facts on the ground.” (Marina Ottaway, Middle East Fellow, Wilson Center, United States)
“This reference work is essential reading for anyone willing to understand the developments of a conflict that has determined inter-state relations within the Maghreb for over 40 years. The contributions of the 20 authors in the volume provide an interdisciplinary and updated analysis of the conflict as well as fresh insights to better grasp the deadlock of a conflict to which the academic literature has paid limited attention.” (Miguel Hernando de Larramendi, Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Irene Fernández-Molina is Lecturer in the Politics Department at the University of Exeter, UK.
Victoria Veguilla is Lecturer in Political and Administrative Science at the Pablo de Olavide University, Spain.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global, Regional and Local Dimensions of Western Sahara’s Protracted Decolonization
Book Subtitle: When a Conflict Gets Old
Editors: Raquel Ojeda-Garcia, Irene Fernández-Molina, Victoria Veguilla
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95035-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95034-8Published: 01 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95711-8Published: 29 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95035-5Published: 30 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 355
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: African Politics, Conflict Studies, Development Aid, Regionalism, Foreign Policy, Public Policy