Globalized Authoritarianism - 9781517900809

Globalized AuthoritarianismMegaprojects, Slums, and Class Relations in Urban Morocco\nAuthor(s): Koenraad Bogaert\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9781517900809, 978-1517900809\nSynopsis\nA rich investigation into Moroccos urban politics\n\n Over the past thirty years, Moroccos cities have transformed dramatically. To take just one example, Casablancas medina is now obscured behind skyscrapers that are funded by global capital and encouraged by Moroccos monarchy, which hopes to transform this city into a regional leader of finance and commerce. Such changes have occurred throughout Morocco. Megaprojects are redesigning the cityscapes of Rabat, Tangiers, and Casablanca, turning the nations urban centers into laboratories of capital accumulation, political dominance, and social control.\n\nIn Globalized Authoritarianism, Koenraad Bogaert links more abstract questions of government, globalization.