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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... press to a wonderful audience at Northeastern Illinois University. And the faculty at West Point gave me one final opportunity to try out key aspects of this story just before publication. I'd like to thank Lorna Scott Fox for her much ...
... press to a wonderful audience at Northeastern Illinois University. And the faculty at West Point gave me one final opportunity to try out key aspects of this story just before publication. I'd like to thank Lorna Scott Fox for her much ...
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... press. Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937–): Elected president in 1999. Re-elected in 1994, and to a controversial third term in 2009. A veteran of the war of liberation, he served as minister of youth and sport and minister of foreign affairs ...
... press. Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937–): Elected president in 1999. Re-elected in 1994, and to a controversial third term in 2009. A veteran of the war of liberation, he served as minister of youth and sport and minister of foreign affairs ...
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... press, increased censorship, mercilessly persecuted his political opponents by jailing and even torturing them, and forced many others into prolonged periods of exile.20 Along this line, his critics suggest that such brutal tactics ...
... press, increased censorship, mercilessly persecuted his political opponents by jailing and even torturing them, and forced many others into prolonged periods of exile.20 Along this line, his critics suggest that such brutal tactics ...
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... press for its own agenda. It antecedents went back centuries, and materialized during the era of French colonial rule in the form of the Association of Muslim Algerian Oulemas (a group of respected religious leaders with diverse ...
... press for its own agenda. It antecedents went back centuries, and materialized during the era of French colonial rule in the form of the Association of Muslim Algerian Oulemas (a group of respected religious leaders with diverse ...
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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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