ABSTRACT
Morocco achieved independence from the two former protectorate powers, France and Spain, in 1956. Conventional interpretations of the Moroccan case would generally refer to endogenous factors to explain recent societal developments. A genuinely macrosociological analysis of the Moroccan case would have more factors to take into account than the power interests and political strategies of a sovereign king and other involved political actors from oppositional parties and civil society. Although empirical data clearly prove the world-cultural embeddedness of the Moroccan state, shortcomings, regarding decoupling effects as well as the lack of functional differentiation on the domestic level, are highly visible. Perhaps by securing heightened public awareness about past injustices, which might in turn lead to broad support for demands that global human rights norms be not only formal but regulative means within the national legal system, the social structure of the kingdom of Morocco might be transformed post festum, and even the Moroccans might become 'reconciled' with their past.
