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" Manufacturing Consent in the Maghreb: How Mohammed VI of Morocco Survived the Arab Spring "
II Duke, David Michael
Benstead, Lindsay J.
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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804411
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TL49241
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1874563385; 10244241
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Islam, Sababa
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Manufacturing Consent in the Maghreb: How Mohammed VI of Morocco Survived the Arab Spring\ II Duke, David MichaelBenstead, Lindsay J.
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Portland State University
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2016
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M.A.
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Political Science
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2016
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120
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Committee members: Benstead, Lindsay J.; Eastin, Joshua C.; Kinsella, David
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-63383-2
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The Arab Spring of 2011 revealed stark variation in the durability of different types of authoritarian regimes. Kings and emirs demonstrably outperformed their republican peers. This paper provides a qualitative study of the Moroccan monarchy in order to better explain this pattern. The findings of an original media content analysis support the paper’s thesis that Morocco’s King Mohammed VI maintained his throne by effectively using a historically derived position of concentrated power and immense wealth to manipulate potential opposition and dominate public discourse. This multi-causal mechanism of manufactured consent helped create and sustain the monarch’s domestic legitimacy while alienating his opponents. Importantly, the illusion of a free media bolsters his image with Western political elites, thus, drawing greater external support and reducing the cost of repression.
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Middle Eastern Studies; Political science
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Social sciences;Alawite;Arab Spring;Mohammed VI;Monarchy;Morocco;Republic
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Benstead, Lindsay J.
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Political SciencePortland State University
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