Abstract
Since independence in 1956, Morocco has witnessed a remarkable symbiotic relationship between two dissimilar systems of power. The first is rational and corresponds to modern state function of bureaucratic and administrative governance while the latter is traditional in nature and has buttressed those rational institutions of power in Morocco. This patrimonial system refers to the vibrant authority of makhzen, which predates the colonial era and in many respects has strengthened the process of state building in Morocco. Much of the current authoritarian state in Morocco is to be understood within this peculiar relationship, where makhzen operates within the rational mechanisms, with a whole set of traditional and patrimonial practices that legitimize the menu of institutional manipulation outlined in the institutional explanations in the literature on authoritarian survival in the Arab world.1 The symbiotic relationship that this research advances is preferable to other explanations of makhzen as an ancient mode of government, which saw its final days with the advent of the French colonial rule.2 Makhzen has had a remarkable continuity as it has recast its traditional, patrimonial, and symbolic power within modern political institutions in Morocco.
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Daadaoui, M. (2011). The Makhzen and State Formation in Morocco. In: Moroccan Monarchy and the Islamist Challenge. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230120068_3
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