Morocco’s liberalization coexisted with continuing state licensing of civil society
Evidence
After succeeding his father as king in 1999, Muhammad VI started a cautious move toward representative government—dismissing corrupt ministers, freeing political prisoners, allowing political exiles to return, and, in 2002, holding competitive elections to the national parliament. In 2003, the king proposed substantial increases in women’s rights with respect to marriage and divorce. Nevertheless, the government continued to insist on licensing all nongovernmental organizations and requiring permits for public gatherings. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 508
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 508
- XREF: connects to: State and civil society mutually constitute each other’s form — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 286; Human rights NGOs absorbed the neoliberal civil-society-versus-coercive-state dichotomy — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 60; Morocco exemplifies a high-capacity nondemocratic regime with a long state history. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 389
Broader Connections
- State and civil society mutually constitute each other’s form
#exemplifies(0.82) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 286 - Human rights NGOs absorbed the neoliberal civil-society-versus-coercive-state dichotomy
#exemplifies(0.76) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 60