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The Politics of Rural Mobilisation in North Africa
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 November 2008
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Among the problems confronting the developing countries, rural reform has received increasing attention from a variety of social scientists. There are several reasons for this new emphasis. In the pasts decade most of the struggles for independence have ended and the newly formed nations are beginning to focus on the complex issues of political integration and economic growth. Few areas reflect this change as dramatically as the Maghreb.
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Page 187 note 1 There have, of course, been a number of books over the years on such problems as administration, finance, public health, and so forth, but only recently has more attention been given to their political aspects. In a sense, policy studies of developing countries seem to be just beginning. I have tried to put the cumulative effects of series of such policy problems in the perspective of political change in National Development and Local Reform (Princeton, 1967).Google Scholar
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