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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... French–Algerian War. A leading authority on Algerian and French history, his work investigates a broad range of subjects, including colonial and postcolonial history and theory. He is currently filming a documentary and completing a ...
... French–Algerian War. A leading authority on Algerian and French history, his work investigates a broad range of subjects, including colonial and postcolonial history and theory. He is currently filming a documentary and completing a ...
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... French King Charles X's consul in Algiers) is hit with fly swatter by the Ottoman Hussein Dey. June 1827 – Beginning of French blockade of Algiers. Charles X sends Prince Jules de Polignac to Algiers, and, in return, Hussein destroys French ...
... French King Charles X's consul in Algiers) is hit with fly swatter by the Ottoman Hussein Dey. June 1827 – Beginning of French blockade of Algiers. Charles X sends Prince Jules de Polignac to Algiers, and, in return, Hussein destroys French ...
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... French départements of Oran, Algiers, and Constantine. 1851 – Coup d'état by Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon III) October 1852 – Emperor Napoleon III visits Abd el-Kader at the Château d'Amboise and orders his release. 1860 ...
... French départements of Oran, Algiers, and Constantine. 1851 – Coup d'état by Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon III) October 1852 – Emperor Napoleon III visits Abd el-Kader at the Château d'Amboise and orders his release. 1860 ...
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... French operations. May 8, 1945 – The French massacre thousands of Algerians at Sétif and Guelma. Algerians estimate that 45,000 were killed, the French government proposes a total of 20,000. Messali Hadj and other prominent leaders ...
... French operations. May 8, 1945 – The French massacre thousands of Algerians at Sétif and Guelma. Algerians estimate that 45,000 were killed, the French government proposes a total of 20,000. Messali Hadj and other prominent leaders ...
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... French government. 1956 February – Jacques Soustelle leaves post of governor general and Robert Lacoste is named as his replacement; the post is renamed “minister resident,” allowing Lacoste more direct power. October – Airplane ...
... French government. 1956 February – Jacques Soustelle leaves post of governor general and Robert Lacoste is named as his replacement; the post is renamed “minister resident,” allowing Lacoste more direct power. October – Airplane ...
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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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