State Actor-Social Movement Coalitions and Policy-making Under Authoritarianism

The Moroccan Party of Justice and Development in the Urban Municipality of Kenitra

Bibliographic Data

ID6160619
AuthorsJanine A Clark (0009-0007-3212-7072, University of Guelph), Emanuela Dalmasso (0000-0002-5479-0939, University of Amsterdam)
Year2015
Volume7
Issue2
Pages185-211
Publication date2015-08-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle East Law and Governance (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1876-3367 • E-ISSN: 1876-3375
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/18763375-00702001
OpenAlexW958997623
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited7

This article examines the conditions under which state actor-social movement ( sasm ) coalitions form in policy-making in authoritarian states. Based on a comparison of three cases of policy reform undertaken by the Party of Justice and Development ( pjd ) in the municipality of Kenitra, Morocco, it argues: 1) in authoritarian states, we must analyse sasm interactions and the interactions between elected state actors and nominated state actors representing the central authorities; 2) the pjd forms coalitions with social movement organizations ( smo s) depending whether its policy preference is in opposition to the authorities’ and whether it has mass appeal; 3) when its preference conflicts with that of the authorities yet has broad support, the pjd formally mobilizes smo s; when it conflicts with the authorities’ preference but has limited appeal, informal party-social movement coalitions are formed; and when it is neither in conflict with the authorities’ preference nor has mass appeal, coalitions are unnecessary

Appeal · Authoritarianism · Democracy · Economics · NOMINATE · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Preference · Sociology · State (computer science · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Law · Public Administration

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