Table of Contents

Part 1. The Maghrib: Between the West and East  1. Double Criticism: the Decolonization of Arab Sociology Abdelkebir Khatibi  2. Political Dynamics of the Maghrib: the Cultural Dialectic I. William Zartman  3. US-Maghribi Relations: Model or Muddle? L. Carl Brown  4. Arab-Western Polarities: a Content Analysis Study of the Tunisian Journal Al-Fikr Halim Barakat  Part 2. Intra-Regional Conflicts  5. Evolution of the Maghrib Concept: Facts and Perspectives Mohamed Abed Jabri  6. Historical Influences on Intra-Regional Relations in the Maghrib John Ruedy  7. The Political Economy of North African Relations: Cooperation or Conflict? John P. Entelis  8. The Western Sahara Dispute as a Source of Regional Conflict in North Africa John Damis  Part 3. Structural Changes  9. States and Regimes in the Maghrib Elbaki Hermessi  10. New Directions in Interpreting North African Society Dale F. Eickelman  11. The Industrialization of Algeria: an Overview Mahfoud Bennoune  12. Women’s Work: Religious and Scientific Concepts as Political Manipulation in Dependent Islam Fatima Mernissi  Part 4. Cultural Dynamics  13. The New Cultural and Imaginative Discourse in Morocco: Utopic Change Mohamed Berrada  14. The Plurality of the One Mohammed Bennis