1st Edition

Extractivism in the Maghreb Class, State and Geopolitics

Edited By Hannes Warnecke-Berger, Rachid Ouaissa Copyright 2027
286 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Centered on Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, this book interrogates the complex entanglements between extractivism, state power, class formation, and geopolitical reorientation in North Africa. While the global energy transition promises economic diversification and sustainable development, the international contributors to this volume show how “green extractivism” often reproduces older structures... Read more

1         Extractivism in the Maghreb: Class, State and Geopolitics: An Introduction

            Hannes Warnecke-Berger and Rachid Ouaissa

2          The Maghreb at the Crossroads: A Comparative Perspective on the Region’s Geopolitical and Socioecological Challenges

            Hannes Warnecke-Berger and Rachid Ouaissa

3          Economy and Society in 21st Century Algeria: Outline of an Applied Political Economy of Rents

            Ahcène Amarouche

4          The Role of Actors in the Institutional Dynamics of the Rentier Regime in Algeria

            Samir Bellal

5          Resource Nationalism, Extractivism, and Protest in the Maghreb 

            Kressen Thyen

6          Extractivism, rents, and the middle-class pivot. Perspectives from Algeria (20th-21st century)

            Salim Chena

7          Ports and Railways, Tools for Extractivism in a Rentier Economy: The Case of the Gafsa Mining Basin

            Anouar Hechmi

8          The Crises of the Rentier State, Segmentation of the State Class, and the Emergence of Social Movements in Algeria

            Mourad Ouchichi        

9          Post-Extractivism, Rent and Political Participation: The Struggle for Power in Jerada, Morocco

            Majidi Mustapha

10        The Pathways of Green Hydrogen Production in North Africa

            Mohamed Ismail Sabry

11        Contentious Imaginaries of Energy Transition in Tunisia: Between   Inclusive Energy Futures and Transnational Green Extractivism

            Nathalie Ferré, Philipp Wagner, Alessandra Bonci and Aron Buzogány

12        Conclusion: Geopolitics, Green Rents, and Emerging Cleavages in the Maghreb

            Hannes Warnecke-Berger and Rachid Ouaissa

Biography

Hannes Warnecke-Berger, University of Kassel, Germany

Rachid Ouaissa, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany