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.

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揭示非洲混合制度中青年配额的采用：来自摩洛哥的证据

九个国家（主要是非洲专制国家）采用了议会青年配额。它们还引起了国际组织的注意，认为它们是民主进步的指标。为什么采用这些配额？本文通过将配额采用解释为政权内外行动者的趋同策略的结果来挑战长期存在的政权生存论点。它还提供了新的理论论据，指出混合制度中代表性联系的转变，并根据基于定性方法和广泛实地工作的经验证据表明这是如何证明的。