Brownlee, Jason, 1974-2017-01-262018-01-222017-01-262018-01-222013-05May 2013http://hdl.handle.net/2152/44510Many scholars of democratization posit that increased linkage between a hybrid regime and the West will lead to increased democratization. In Morocco during the past decade, however, authoritarianism continued to flourish despite increased linkage with both the United States and European Union. This project seeks to explain the source of this contradiction, arguing that increased linkage actually created a favorable environment for the deliberalization of Moroccan politics.application/pdfLinkageMoroccoAuthoritarianismDemocratizationThesis2017-01-26