The Justice and Development Party in Moroccan Local Politics
This article analyzes the performance of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) in Moroccan local politics from 2003 to 2009, using a variety of data sources including interviews, municipal budgets, and audit reports. We find that the PJD’s campaign and candidates were significantly different from Moroccan political norms. The outcomes of audits and budget patterns show governance in towns where the PJD was elected differed only in those where the party had high electoral support in 2003, allowing it to govern with a small coalition.
Is There Strength in Numbers
Studies of the Middle East and North Africa have very often relied on qualitative methodologies to understand and explain the politics of the region. In fact it could be argued that Middle East specialists have tended to shy away purposefully from engaging with quantitative methods because of the perceived ‘exceptionalism’ of the region in terms of the gathering and reliability of hard data. This article makes the case for increasing engagement with quantitative methodologies in order for studies on the Middle East to better 'speak' to comparative politics more broadly. Far from downplaying the significance and contribution of qualitative methods, this article encourages scholars to integrate them with quantitative methods that have been more recently developed to provide a fuller picture of politics in the region.
Entre l'intermédiaire et « l'homme d'honneur ». Savoir-faire et dilemmes notabiliaires en Turquie
Entre l'intermediaire et « l'homme d'honneur ». Savoir-faire et dilemmes notabiliaires en Turquie ; Elise Massicard ; Les notables en Turquie sont largement concus de maniere normative comme des residus de traditions arrierees, amalgames a certaines provinces et groupes sociaux marginaux, et destines a etre elimines au plus vite. Or, meme si leurs formes ont change durant l'histoire republicaine, les pratiques notabiliaires restent tres repandues. Elles repondent en effet a l'organisation des pouvoirs et de l'allocation des ressources, notamment publiques. Le metier notabiliaire en Turquie consiste principalement en des activites relationnelles (faire lien) et de legitimation de ces liens. Son analyse permet de repenser les roles politiques en Turquie et leurs contraintes specifiques.