Algeria since 1989: Between Terror and DemocracyAlgeria's democratic experiment is seminal in post-Cold War history. The first Muslim nation to attempt the transition from an authoritarian system to democratic pluralism, this North African country became a test case for reform in Africa, the Arab world and beyond. Yet when the country looked certain to become the world's first elected Islamic republic, there was a military coup and the democratic process was brought sharply to a halt. Islamists declared jihad on the state and hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed in the ensuing decade of state repression. Le Sueur shows that Algeria is at the very heart of contemporary debates about Islam and secular democracy, arguing that the stability of Algeria is crucial for the security of the wider Middle East. Algeria Since 1989 is a lively and essential examination of how the fate of one country is entwined with much greater global issues. |
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June 1 – Despite widespread opposition in Paris, de Gaulle illegally assumes powers over French government. Coup d'état becomes a reality. 1959 September – De Gaulle makes it clear he will pursue selfdetermination for Algerians in a ...
June 1 – Despite widespread opposition in Paris, de Gaulle illegally assumes powers over French government. Coup d'état becomes a reality. 1959 September – De Gaulle makes it clear he will pursue selfdetermination for Algerians in a ...
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November 16 – General Zeroual elected president with healthy voter turnout, despite threats by radical Islamists. 1996 March 27 – Monks of the Notre Dame de l'Atlas monastery at Tibhirine abducted. It is announced two months later that ...
November 16 – General Zeroual elected president with healthy voter turnout, despite threats by radical Islamists. 1996 March 27 – Monks of the Notre Dame de l'Atlas monastery at Tibhirine abducted. It is announced two months later that ...
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2000 January 11 – Despite protests by human rights groups, Bouteflika grants amnesty to former members of the AIS. 2001 January 18 – European Parliament issues resolution lamenting that Algerian state had not responded to claims about ...
2000 January 11 – Despite protests by human rights groups, Bouteflika grants amnesty to former members of the AIS. 2001 January 18 – European Parliament issues resolution lamenting that Algerian state had not responded to claims about ...
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Despite orders by his captors to quit singing or face certain death, he continued to record CDs highly critical of both Islamists and the state. He was assassinated on June 25, 1998, and the GIA later claimed responsibility for his ...
Despite orders by his captors to quit singing or face certain death, he continued to record CDs highly critical of both Islamists and the state. He was assassinated on June 25, 1998, and the GIA later claimed responsibility for his ...
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Yet, despite the profound differences among the secular liberals and the Islamists over the constitution of the idea of Algeria, each side remained united in its opposition to the FLN's misspent hegemony.
Yet, despite the profound differences among the secular liberals and the Islamists over the constitution of the idea of Algeria, each side remained united in its opposition to the FLN's misspent hegemony.
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Inhoudsopgave
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| 11 | |
2 The road to reform | 31 |
generals and presidents in a time of terror | 53 |
civil society peace and sidelining generals | 74 |
5 Energy and the economy of terror | 98 |
local and global jihadis | 122 |
from the GSPC to AQMI | 143 |
Algerias Rushdie syndrome | 169 |
a historians reflections on amnesty in Algeria | 195 |
Notes | 207 |
Index | 230 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Algeria since 1989: Between Terror and Democracy Global History of the Present |
| Auteur | James D. Le Sueur |
| Editie | geïllustreerd, herdruk |
| Uitgever | Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1848135351, 9781848135352 |
| Lengte | 269 pagina's |
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