Alfonso Casani
Biographic Data
| ID | 4075211 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfonso Casani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfonso |
| FAMILY NAME | Casani |
| SIGNATURE | CASANI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9182-0180 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Learning to navigate evolving political spaces: Human rights associations in Morocco and Tunisia since the Arab Spring
How do human rights associations learn to navigate evolving political spaces to oppose authoritarian regimes? This contribution examines the repertoires of action of the Moroccan Association of Human Rights (AMDH) and the Tunisian League of Human Rights (LTDH) to understand how different opposition actors have adapted to the distinct trajectories of authoritarian regime transformation in these two countries. Drawing on a substantial corpus of new…
Foreign Policy and Domestic Opposition Spaces under Authoritarianism: Moroccan Political Reconfigurations in Response to Israel’s Wars on Gaza
Moments of heightened violence and war in Palestine have often elicited extraordinary regime and opposition reactions in Arab states, including large-scale popular protests that are otherwise rare in such authoritarian contexts. This article examines how foreign policy influences domestic political opposition under authoritarianism. We approach this relationship combining classical insights from foreign policy analysis (FPA) with our own theoriza…
Cambio y continuidad en la solidaridad marroquí con Palestina: El Estado y la sociedad civil ante la normalización y la guerra de Gaza
Este artículo contrapone las prácticas discursivas del Estado y la sociedad civil marroquíes en su construcción de un relato de solidaridad con la causa palestina en Marruecos. Para ello, enfatiza el papel desempeñado por el discurso en la construcción de consensos hegemónicos e identidades colectivas comunes. En concreto, el artículo analiza el impacto que la firma de los acuerdos de normalización de relaciones entre Marruecos e Israel y la guer…
Evolving consensus around Moroccan-Israeli normalisation: A political space analysis
Morocco’s accession to the Abraham Accords in December 2020 represented a shift in the country’s long-standing diplomatic position regarding the Palestinian cause. Remarkably, this shift challenged the accepted political consensus on this issue, forcing a repositioning of actors and opening possible spaces for counter-narratives. In doing so, it also provoked wide social mobilizations, which included the transversal participation of broad sectors…
International Recognition Meets Areas of Limited Statehood: Practices and Effects on Hybrid Actors in Post-2011 Libya
This article examines the impact of international recognition on intrastate conflict contexts and areas of limited statehood. We conceptualise international recognition-through-interaction in social-relational, process-oriented, non-dualistic and performative (practice) terms. We theorise plural effects beyond the government vs. rebels and conflict causation vs. transformation binaries. Based on two case studies on post-2011 Libya’s security/arme…
Repertorios de prácticas en la política turca hacia el conflicto de Libia y la intervención militar de 2020
Este artículo estudia la interacción del gobierno de Turquía con los distintos actores libios que han proliferado en el país desde los levantamientos antiautoritarios de 2011, atendiendo al repertorio de prácticas desplegado por Turquía entre 2011 y 2021. Para ello, analiza tres episodios contenciosos, correspondientes al estallido de la guerra civil en 2011, en 2014-2015, y la reanudación del conflicto en 2019-2020. El artículo identifica una in…
Between national and international interests: Morocco’s Al-Adl wa-l-Ihsane from an international perspective
This article explores the increasing influence of transnational Islamist political networks, and, particularly, the rise of international linkages within Islamist movements that have traditionally had an exclusive national focus. For this purpose, it focuses on Morocco's Islamist opposition movement al-Adl wa-l- Ihsane (AWI), one of whose main mottos is the rejection of financial aid or support from foreign organisations. In spite of this, intern…
Tilmatine Mohand et Desrues Thierry (dir.), Les revendications amazighes dans la tourmente des « printemps arabes », Rabat, Centre Jacques-Berque, 2017, 324 p
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Cross-ideological coalitions under authoritarian regimes: Islamist-left collaboration among Morocco’s excluded opposition
The 2011 popular uprisings across the MENA region demonstrated the organization of broad cross-ideological collaborations that were able to overcome some of the political cleavages that have traditionally characterized these societies, and more remarkably, the division between left-wing and Islamist actors. However, political tensions soon arose in the new post-uprising scenarios, with secularist-Islamist polarization increasing once again across…
Cross-ideological coalitions under authoritarian regimes: Islamist-left collaboration among Morocco’s excluded opposition
The 2011 popular uprisings across the MENA region demonstrated the organization of broad cross-ideological collaborations that were able to overcome some of the political cleavages that have traditionally characterized these societies, and more remarkably, the division between left-wing and Islamist actors. However, political tensions soon arose in the new post-uprising scenarios, with secularist-Islamist polarization increasing once again across…
Between national and international interests: Morocco’s Al-Adl wa-l-Ihsane from an international perspective
This article explores the increasing influence of transnational Islamist political networks, and, particularly, the rise of international linkages within Islamist movements that have traditionally had an exclusive national focus. For this purpose, it focuses on Morocco's Islamist opposition movement al-Adl wa-l- Ihsane (AWI), one of whose main mottos is the rejection of financial aid or support from foreign organisations. In spite of this, intern…
International Recognition Meets Areas of Limited Statehood: Practices and Effects on Hybrid Actors in Post-2011 Libya
This article examines the impact of international recognition on intrastate conflict contexts and areas of limited statehood. We conceptualise international recognition-through-interaction in social-relational, process-oriented, non-dualistic and performative (practice) terms. We theorise plural effects beyond the government vs. rebels and conflict causation vs. transformation binaries. Based on two case studies on post-2011 Libya’s security/arme…
Tilmatine Mohand et Desrues Thierry (dir.), Les revendications amazighes dans la tourmente des « printemps arabes », Rabat, Centre Jacques-Berque, 2017, 324 p
DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community, committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone
Cross-ideological coalitions under authoritarian regimes: Islamist-left collaboration among Morocco’s excluded opposition
The 2011 popular uprisings across the MENA region demonstrated the organization of broad cross-ideological collaborations that were able to overcome some of the political cleavages that have traditionally characterized these societies, and more remarkably, the division between left-wing and Islamist actors. However, political tensions soon arose in the new post-uprising scenarios, with secularist-Islamist polarization increasing once again across…
Between national and international interests: Morocco’s Al-Adl wa-l-Ihsane from an international perspective
This article explores the increasing influence of transnational Islamist political networks, and, particularly, the rise of international linkages within Islamist movements that have traditionally had an exclusive national focus. For this purpose, it focuses on Morocco's Islamist opposition movement al-Adl wa-l- Ihsane (AWI), one of whose main mottos is the rejection of financial aid or support from foreign organisations. In spite of this, intern…
Repertorios de prácticas en la política turca hacia el conflicto de Libia y la intervención militar de 2020
Este artículo estudia la interacción del gobierno de Turquía con los distintos actores libios que han proliferado en el país desde los levantamientos antiautoritarios de 2011, atendiendo al repertorio de prácticas desplegado por Turquía entre 2011 y 2021. Para ello, analiza tres episodios contenciosos, correspondientes al estallido de la guerra civil en 2011, en 2014-2015, y la reanudación del conflicto en 2019-2020. El artículo identifica una in…
Evolving consensus around Moroccan-Israeli normalisation: A political space analysis
Morocco’s accession to the Abraham Accords in December 2020 represented a shift in the country’s long-standing diplomatic position regarding the Palestinian cause. Remarkably, this shift challenged the accepted political consensus on this issue, forcing a repositioning of actors and opening possible spaces for counter-narratives. In doing so, it also provoked wide social mobilizations, which included the transversal participation of broad sectors…
International Recognition Meets Areas of Limited Statehood: Practices and Effects on Hybrid Actors in Post-2011 Libya
This article examines the impact of international recognition on intrastate conflict contexts and areas of limited statehood. We conceptualise international recognition-through-interaction in social-relational, process-oriented, non-dualistic and performative (practice) terms. We theorise plural effects beyond the government vs. rebels and conflict causation vs. transformation binaries. Based on two case studies on post-2011 Libya’s security/arme…
Cambio y continuidad en la solidaridad marroquí con Palestina: El Estado y la sociedad civil ante la normalización y la guerra de Gaza
Este artículo contrapone las prácticas discursivas del Estado y la sociedad civil marroquíes en su construcción de un relato de solidaridad con la causa palestina en Marruecos. Para ello, enfatiza el papel desempeñado por el discurso en la construcción de consensos hegemónicos e identidades colectivas comunes. En concreto, el artículo analiza el impacto que la firma de los acuerdos de normalización de relaciones entre Marruecos e Israel y la guer…
Foreign Policy and Domestic Opposition Spaces under Authoritarianism: Moroccan Political Reconfigurations in Response to Israel’s Wars on Gaza
Moments of heightened violence and war in Palestine have often elicited extraordinary regime and opposition reactions in Arab states, including large-scale popular protests that are otherwise rare in such authoritarian contexts. This article examines how foreign policy influences domestic political opposition under authoritarianism. We approach this relationship combining classical insights from foreign policy analysis (FPA) with our own theoriza…
Learning to navigate evolving political spaces: Human rights associations in Morocco and Tunisia since the Arab Spring
How do human rights associations learn to navigate evolving political spaces to oppose authoritarian regimes? This contribution examines the repertoires of action of the Moroccan Association of Human Rights (AMDH) and the Tunisian League of Human Rights (LTDH) to understand how different opposition actors have adapted to the distinct trajectories of authoritarian regime transformation in these two countries. Drawing on a substantial corpus of new…
Political science (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Authoritarianism (3 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (3 works)