RT Journal Article
T1 Unravelling the adoption of youth quotas in African hybrid regimes: evidence from Morocco
A1 Garcia de Paredes, Marta
A1 Desrues, Thierry
K1 Youth quotas
K1 Parliament
K1 Political representation
K1 Hybrid regimes
K1 Morocco
AB Parliamentary youth quotas have been adopted by nine countries, mainly African autocracies. They have also attracted the attention of international organisations, which consider them indicators of democratic progress. Why were these quotas adopted? This article challenges the long-standing regime survival thesis by explaining quota adoption as the result of the convergent strategies of actors placed inside and outside the regime. It also provides new theoretical arguments that point to the transformation of representative linkages in hybrid regimes and shows how this is justified in the light of empirical evidence grounded on qualitative methodology and extensive fieldwork. By connecting the broader historical and socio-political context where youth quotas emerged – Africa – to the micro-level processes of quota adoption – based on the Moroccan case – this article provides a dynamic picture of how political representation is claimed and mobilised in contemporary Africa while shedding some light on the inclusive limits of quota policies.
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2021
FD 2021-03-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22301
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22301
LA en
NO de Paredes MG, Desrues T. Unravelling the adoption of youth quotas in African hybrid regimes: evidence from Morocco. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 2021;59(1):41-58. doi:10.1017/S0022278X20000646
NO FECYT -- CRISIS Y REPRESENTACION POLITICA EN EL NORTE DE AFRICA. DISPOSI...
NO Institute for Advanced Social Studies, Spanish National Research Council (IESA-CSIC)
DS RIO
RD Apr 23, 2026