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Abdeslam E. M. Maghraoui

Associate Professor of the Practice of Political Science
Political Science
Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708-0204
140 Science Drive, 275 Gross H, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications


The stabilising effect of turbulence in authoritarian regimes how the Moroccan Monarchy ducked the Arab Spring

Journal Article Orient · January 1, 2015 The sudden collapse of a handful of Arab regimes during the Arab Spring has ignited the debate about authoritarian endurance in the Middle East and North Africa region. While monarchies confront similar political, social and economic challenges as the repu ... Cite

The Perverse Effect of Good Governance: Lessons from Morocco

Journal Article Middle East Policy · June 1, 2012 Featured Publication Full text Cite

The King’s Islamists

Chapter · 2012 Featured Publication Cite

Ducking the Arab Spring in Morcco

Other The Immanent Frame: Secularism, Religion, and the Public Sphere (Social Science Research Council Blog) · May 23, 2011 Link to item Cite

The Roots of the Egyptian Protests

Other Duke University Press Blog · January 31, 2011 Link to item Cite

American Foreign Policy and Islamic Renewal

Chapter · 2009 Featured Publication Cite

Negotiating identity in the post-colonial Arab world: Clues from psychoanalytic theory

Journal Article Journal of Mediterranean Studies · January 1, 2004 This paper argues that the identity problematique remains at the centre of contemporary Arab writings on emancipation. Drawing from prominent Maghrebi historians and philosophers, I argue that debates about 'self-emancipation involves two 'others': The Ara ... Cite

Negotiating Political Identity: Clues from Psychoanalytic Theory

Journal Article Journal of Mediterranean Studies · 2004 Cite

De-politicization in Morocco

Journal Article The Journal of Democracy · October 1, 2002 Cite

Mohammed Arkoun: Rethinking Islam, Common Questions, Uncommon Answers

Journal Article The Arab Studies Journal · 2001 Cite

Political Authority in Crisis: Mohammed VI's Morocco

Other The Middle East Report · 2001 Cite

Monarchy and political reform in Morocco

Journal Article Journal of Democracy · January 1, 2001 Full text Cite

The Political Economy of Structural Adjustment in Morocco

Chapter · January 1, 1998 The volume offers a unique blend of sociological, economic, and political analysis of the crises of the 1980s and 1990s, and looks to the future of the region as it faces major domestic and international challenges. ... Cite

Sophie Ferchiou: L'Islam au Pluriel au Maghreb

Journal Article International Journal of African Historical Studies · 1998 Cite

King Hassan's strategy of political dualism

Journal Article Middle East Policy · January 1, 1998 Full text Cite

The stabilising effect of turbulence in authoritarian regimes how the Moroccan Monarchy ducked the Arab Spring

Journal Article Orient · January 1, 2015 The sudden collapse of a handful of Arab regimes during the Arab Spring has ignited the debate about authoritarian endurance in the Middle East and North Africa region. While monarchies confront similar political, social and economic challenges as the repu ... Cite

The Perverse Effect of Good Governance: Lessons from Morocco

Journal Article Middle East Policy · June 1, 2012 Featured Publication Full text Cite

The King’s Islamists

Chapter · 2012 Featured Publication Cite

Ducking the Arab Spring in Morcco

Other The Immanent Frame: Secularism, Religion, and the Public Sphere (Social Science Research Council Blog) · May 23, 2011 Link to item Cite

The Roots of the Egyptian Protests

Other Duke University Press Blog · January 31, 2011 Link to item Cite

American Foreign Policy and Islamic Renewal

Chapter · 2009 Featured Publication Cite

Negotiating identity in the post-colonial Arab world: Clues from psychoanalytic theory

Journal Article Journal of Mediterranean Studies · January 1, 2004 This paper argues that the identity problematique remains at the centre of contemporary Arab writings on emancipation. Drawing from prominent Maghrebi historians and philosophers, I argue that debates about 'self-emancipation involves two 'others': The Ara ... Cite

Negotiating Political Identity: Clues from Psychoanalytic Theory

Journal Article Journal of Mediterranean Studies · 2004 Cite

De-politicization in Morocco

Journal Article The Journal of Democracy · October 1, 2002 Cite

Mohammed Arkoun: Rethinking Islam, Common Questions, Uncommon Answers

Journal Article The Arab Studies Journal · 2001 Cite

Political Authority in Crisis: Mohammed VI's Morocco

Other The Middle East Report · 2001 Cite

Monarchy and political reform in Morocco

Journal Article Journal of Democracy · January 1, 2001 Full text Cite

The Political Economy of Structural Adjustment in Morocco

Chapter · January 1, 1998 The volume offers a unique blend of sociological, economic, and political analysis of the crises of the 1980s and 1990s, and looks to the future of the region as it faces major domestic and international challenges. ... Cite

Sophie Ferchiou: L'Islam au Pluriel au Maghreb

Journal Article International Journal of African Historical Studies · 1998 Cite

King Hassan's strategy of political dualism

Journal Article Middle East Policy · January 1, 1998 Full text Cite

John Ruedy: Islamism and Secularism in North Africa

Journal Article The International Journal of African Historical Studies · 1997 Cite

Amira el-Azhari Sonbol: The Creation of a Medical Profession in Egypt, 1800-1922

Journal Article The Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt · 1995 Cite

Algeria's Battle of Two Languages

Other The Middle East Report · 1995 Cite