Algeria since 1989: Between Terror and DemocracyBloomsbury Publishing, 14 jan 2010 - 269 pagina's Algeria'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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Pagina viii
... February 1844 – Creation of the Office of Arab Affairs (Bureau Arabe). December 1847 – Alexis de Tocqueville publishes his “Report on Algeria,” commissioned by the French government, in which he urges France to use less violent means of ...
... February 1844 – Creation of the Office of Arab Affairs (Bureau Arabe). December 1847 – Alexis de Tocqueville publishes his “Report on Algeria,” commissioned by the French government, in which he urges France to use less violent means of ...
Pagina xi
... February – Jacques Soustelle appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Mendès France as governor general of Algeria. April 18–24 – Bandung Conference (Asia-Africa Conference) held in Indonesia under the leadership of President Ahmed Sukarno ...
... February – Jacques Soustelle appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Mendès France as governor general of Algeria. April 18–24 – Bandung Conference (Asia-Africa Conference) held in Indonesia under the leadership of President Ahmed Sukarno ...
Pagina xiii
... February 9, 1979 – Colonel Chadli Bendjedid chosen to succeed Boumediene as president. November 4, 1979 – 53 Americans taken hostage in the American embassy in Iran, by Islamist supporters of the Iranian revolution. April 1980 – Rioting ...
... February 9, 1979 – Colonel Chadli Bendjedid chosen to succeed Boumediene as president. November 4, 1979 – 53 Americans taken hostage in the American embassy in Iran, by Islamist supporters of the Iranian revolution. April 1980 – Rioting ...
Pagina xiv
... February 14 – Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issues fatwa against Salman Rushdie. February 15 – Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan complete. March 9 – Front Islamique du Salut (FIS) founded. September 14 – FIS ...
... February 14 – Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issues fatwa against Salman Rushdie. February 15 – Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan complete. March 9 – Front Islamique du Salut (FIS) founded. September 14 – FIS ...
Pagina xv
... February 13 – Failed assassination attempt on General Khaled Nezzar. February 26 – Al Qaeda detonates bomb in World Trade Center in New York. March 27 – Algeria suspends diplomatic relations with Iran and Sudan after accusing them of ...
... February 13 – Failed assassination attempt on General Khaled Nezzar. February 26 – Al Qaeda detonates bomb in World Trade Center in New York. March 27 – Algeria suspends diplomatic relations with Iran and Sudan after accusing them of ...
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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 |
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