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Are Student Protests in Arab States Caused by Economic and Political Grievances? Empirical Evidence from the 2006-07 "Arab Barometer"
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Shafiq, M. Najeeb; Mason, Jessica; Seybolt, Taylor; DeLuca, Kristin – Peabody Journal of Education, 2014
We investigate the nature of protests by students (age 18 and older) in Algeria, Jordan, Morocco, and Yemen by using subsamples of students from nationally representative and acclaimed public opinion data (the 2006-07 "Arab Barometer"). We find between 22.1% (Jordan) and 54.7% (Yemen) participated in either the signing of petitions, or…
Descriptors: Activism, Economic Factors, Political Influences, Consciousness Raising
Recent History of the Maghreb: A Sociological Approach
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Contreras, Ana Isabel Planet – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2007
In the Maghreb, the struggle for independence was the starting point for a new relationship between people and institutions. Three different ways of developing a new state--in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco--are the result of a new social and political landscape that is being designed in the Mediterranean basin: from a monarchy in Morocco…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociology, Historical Interpretation, Social History
Arabization in the Maghreb: Special Report.
McFerren, Margaret – 1984
The Arabization process in the Maghreb countries--Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia--is unique in that these countries are officially committed to the use of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) while widespread use of French, a colonial language, persists, and the formal Arabic used in Arabization differs from the colloquial forms used in each country. The…
Descriptors: African History, Arabic, Developing Nations, Educational Policy