Envoie-lui la balle : Une tactique, d’intelligence anti-territoriale, pour se défausser de la prise de décision

Mouad LAMRABET; Takia Adrae AQODAD

Throw Him the Ball: A tactic, of anti-territorial intelligence, to offload the decision-making

Authors

Mouad LAMRABET Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences of Mohammedia, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco
Takia Adrae AQODAD Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences of Meknès, Moulay Ismail University of Meknès, Morocco

Keywords:

Throw Him the Ball, Tactic, Anti-Territorial Intelligence

Abstract

Through this work, we seek to analyze—and therefore to understand and dissect—the consistency and various aspects of “Throw Him the Ball” phenomenon as a tactic of anti-territorial intelligence. To this end, we adopted an abductive approach that allowed us to construct a theorico-analytical model of “Throw Him the Ball” phenomenon and then to empirically test it through a descriptive quantitative approach, using a questionnaire administered to a national sample of 213 representatives of territorial actors. The results of our empirical investigation revealed the anchoring of this tactic within the territorial decision-making system, as well as exposed its contexts of emergence, its underlying factors, and its harmful impacts on territorial development.

JEL Classification: R58 – Regional Development Planning and Policy

Article Type: Empirical Research