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Article: Human Rights and Reform: Changing the Face of North African Politics
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- The Middle East Journal
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- July 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright Middle East Institute Summer 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Human Rights and Reform: Changing the Face of North African Politics, by Susan E. Waltz. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1995. xiv + 237 pages. Notes to p. 269. Index to p. 281. $45 cloth; $16 paper.
Reviewed by Maryam Elahi
The human rights movement in the Maghrib has had significant impact in influencing public debate and bringing discussions on democratization and political reform to the forefront of Maghribi political society. With this book, Susan Waltz has succeeded in examining the role played by the Maghribi human rights movement in integrating the notion of civil and political rights in modem Tunisian, Algerian, and Moroccan political culture. I highly ...