Globalized Authoritarianism: Megaprojects, Slums, and Class Relations in Urban Morocco

344 Pages·2018·3.732 MB·English

by  Koenraad Bogaert

globalized authoritarianism
Globalization and Community
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Dennis R. Judd, Founding Editor
Volume 27
Globalized Authoritarianism: Megaprojects, Slums, and
Class Relations in Urban Morocco
Koenraad Bogaert
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GLOBALIZED
AUTHORITARIANISM
Megaprojects, Slums, and
Class Relations in Urban Morocco
Koenraad Bogaert
Globalization and Community, Volume 27
university of minnesota press
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Portions of chapters 4, 5, and 6 were published in earlier forms as “The
Problem of Slums: Shifting Methods of Neoliberal Urban Government in
Morocco,” Development and Change 42, no. 3 (2011): 709– 31; “Cities without
Slums in Morocco? New Modalities of Urban Government and the Bidonville
as a Neoliberal Assemblage,” in Locating the Right to the City in the Global South,
edited by Tony Roshan Samara, Shenjing He, and Guo Chen (New York:
Routledge, 2013), 41– 59; and “New State Space Formation in Morocco: The
Example of the Bouregreg Valley,” Urban Studies 49, no. 2 (2012): 255– 70.
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Names: Bogaert, Koenraad, author.
Title: Globalized authoritarianism : megaprojects, slums, and class relations in urban
Morocco / Koenraad Bogaert.
Description: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2018. |
Series: Globalization and community ; 27 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017042821 | ISBN 978-1-5179-0081-6 (pb) | ISBN 978-1-5179-0080-9 (hc)
Subjects: LCSH: Morocco–Economic conditions–21st century. |
Public works–Morocco. | Slums–Morocco. | Social classes–Morocco. |
Authoritarianism–Morocco. | BISAC: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban. |
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization.
Classification: LCC HC810 .B64 2018 | DDC 338.964–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017042821
UMP BmB 2018
TO ARIANA, SIMON, AND BRUNO
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contents
abbreviations ix
preface and acknowledgments xiii
introduction
Morocco’s Urban Revolution 1
Part I. Neoliberalism as Projects
1. Considering the Global Situation 29
2. An Urban History of Neoliberal Projects in Morocco 53
Part II. (State-) Crafting Globalization
3. Neoliberalism as Class Projects 95
4. Imagineering a New Bouregreg Valley 123
Part III. Transforming Urban Life
5. Changing Methods of Authoritarian Power 165
6. Power and Control through Techniques of Security 205
conclusion
A New Geography of Power 245
notes 259
bibliography 277
index 305
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abbreviations
AAVB Agence pour l’Aménagement de la Vallée du
Bouregreg (Agency for the Development of the
Bouregreg Valley, or the Bouregreg Agency)
ADS Agence de Développement Social (Social
Development Agency)
AFD Agence Française de Développement (French
Development Agency)
ANHI A gence Nationale pour l’Habitat Insalubre (National
Agency for Degraded Housing)
AS accompagnement social (social accompaniment)
AUC Agence Urbaine de Casablanca (Urban Agency of
Casablanca)
CAS cellule d’accompagnement sociale (social accompaniment
team)
CDG Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion (Deposit and
Management Fund)
CDT Confédération Démocratique du Travaille
(Democratic Workers’ Confederation)
CERF Centre d’Etude, de Recherche et de Formation
(Research, Formation and Study Center)
CGEM Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc
(General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises)
DGCL Direction Générale des Communautés Locales
(General Direction of the Local Communities)
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