Towards a ‘new’ Moroccan capital? Democratisation, diversity politics and the remaking of national space in Rabat

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ID18997409
AutoresN Dines (0000-0002-3072-0944, Department of Asian and North African Studies, University of Venice Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen28
Número6
Páginas734-752
Fecha de publicación2021-10-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaIdentities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1070-289X • E-ISSN: 1547-3384
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1070289x.2021.1990569
OpenAlexW3206488601
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas32

This article addresses the ways in which the Moroccan state’s recent acknowledgement and promotion of cultural diversity has assumed form in the national capital of Rabat. It considers two cases – the official recognition of Amazigh culture and the development of new cultural infrastructure – in order to interrogate how urban restructuring in Rabat has become an expedient for transmitting a new sense of national identity to domestic and international audiences. In doing so, the article critically develops the idea of ‘diversity management regime’ to think about how diversity is operationalised in Rabat, the dimensions that get included and excluded within its remit, and the sorts of challenges it faces in the political arena. The contradictions that underscore Rabat’s transformation into a showcase for a multicultural nation are to be understood in the limits of the democratisation of Moroccan society over the last two decades

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