| Morocco |
This article is part of the series:
Politics and government of
Morocco Image File history File links Coat_of_arms_of_Morocco. ...
The Moroccan Constitution provides for a monarchy with a Parliament and an independent judiciary. ...
|
| | |
Other countries • Politics Portal
view • talk • edit | Makhzen (Arabic: مخزِن) is a Moroccan Arabic term for the governing elite in Morocco, centered around the king and consisting of royal notables, businessmen, wealthy landowners, tribal leaders, top-ranking military personnel, security service bosses, and other well-connected members of the establishment. Today, this term carries a heavy negative charge which means the abscence of democracy and freedom and the absolute rule of dictatorship, the state or even corruption.[citation needed] The term is used in Moroccan independent newspapers to describe or condemn the lack of democracy and the human rights abuses committed by state police or officials.[citation needed] This is a partial list of rulers of Morocco, including the historical precursors to the modern state. ...
US President George W. Bush talks with His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco in the Oval Office Tuesday, 23 April 2002 King Mohammed VI (Arabic: الملك Ù…Øمد السادس للمغرب), also King Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan is the current King of Morocco. ...
The Prime Minister is the head of the government of Morocco. ...
Moroccan Prime Minister Driss Jettou Driss Jettou (Arabic: إدريس جطو) (born May 24, 1945 in El Jadida) is the Prime Minister of Morocco. ...
The Parliament of Morocco is located in Rabat, the capital of Morocco. ...
The Parliament of Morocco has two chambers. ...
The Parliament has two chambers. ...
Political parties in Morocco lists political parties in Morocco. ...
Elections in Morocco gives information on election and election results in Morocco. ...
Regions of Morocco Regions of Morocco - As part of a 1997 decentralization/regionalization law passed by the legislature 16 new regions (provided below) were created (capitals in parentheses). ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Morocco. ...
Morocco is a moderate Arab state which maintains close relations with Europe and the United States. ...
// Background The Western Sahara area has never formed a state in the modern sense of the word. ...
Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ...
The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ...
Look up elite, élite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
The Establishment is a pejorative slang term to refer to the traditional and usually conservative ruling class elite and the structures of society which they control. ...
Etymology
The word "makhzen" literally means "warehouse" but has long been used in Moroccan Arabic to refer to the elite. It is likely a metonymy related to taxes, which the Makhzen used to collect; the term may also refer to the state, but this usage is increasingly rare. Moroccan Arabic, also known as Darija, is the language spoken in the Arabic-speaking areas of Morocco, as opposed to the official communications of governmental and other public bodies which use Modern Standard Arabic, as is the case in most Arabic-speaking countries, while a mixture of French and Moroccan...
In rhetoric, metonymy (from Greek beyond/changed and , a suffix used to name figures of speech from name (OED)) (IPA: ) is the substitution of one word for another with which it is associated. ...
A tax (also known as a duty) is a financial charge or other levy imposed on an individual or a legal entity by a state or a functional equivalent of a state (e. ...
The word has also been adopted into French and Italian as magasin and magazzino respectively. It came into the English language from Middle French as magazine, originally referring to a "storehouse" for ammunition and later to publications. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
Middle French (le moyen français) is a historical division of the French language which covers the period from (roughly) 1340 to 1610. ...
Magazine is the name for a item or place within which ammunition is stored. ...
This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ...
Makhzen in Morocco The term often carries a derogatory connotation, as it is associated with an archaic and hermetic mode of governing, which resists democracy[citation needed]. While the contours of the Makhzen are vague, the government itself is generally not considered part of it. The Makhzen essentially co-opts its members by using its own networks. Sometimes inclusion in the Makhzen is even hereditary because of nepotism[citation needed]. A word or phrase is pejorative or derogatory (sometimes misspelled perjorative) if it expresses contempt or disapproval; dyslogistic (noun: dyslogism) is used synonymously (antonyms: meliorative, eulogistic, noun eulogism). ...
For the more specialised meaning of Connotation in semiotics, see connotation (semiotics). ...
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Nepotism This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Although considered archaic and backward, many believe that the Makhzen has also been a factor of stability in Morocco, because its roots are deeply connected to Moroccan society. It has served as very sophisticated mean of distributing wealth and power by using clientelism and in tying Moroccan society to the throne. It has also managed to co-opt many of its opponents which often leads to discrediting them. This article is about the system of organization called a political machine. ...
By its way of governing, consisting in distributing money, land, luxury cars, privileges, authorizations in reglemented economic areas like sand extraction pits or fishing and transportation authorizations, to buy the allegiance of its members or to acquire new ones; Makhzen has been accused of being responsible of the widespread corruption in Morocco.
With an ongoing democratisation process taking place in Morocco, the Makhzen is now often considered as a barrier to democracy. The dilemma for Morocco being to smoothly evolve to more democracy while not destroying what is considered an important factor of stability and a pillar of the monarchy, the Makhzen also still holds a lot of power and resists this change. The Makhzen has also been heavily involved in the so called Years of lead, hence the critics and ambiguity of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission. Look up Dilemma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For the Nelly song, see Dilemma (song). ...
The Years of lead was a period in the history of Morocco marked by state violence against dissidents and democracy activists. ...
The Equity and Reconciliation Commission (Arabic: ‎ (French acronym IER for Instance Equité et Réconciliation) is a Moroccan human rights and truth commission created on January 7, 2004 by King Mohammed VI in order to reconciliate victims of human rights abuses and attrocities- committed by Makhzen (the governing elite) during...
|
Feeds |
Contact