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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September 22 – AQMI founder, Hassan Hattab, turns himself in to Algerian authorities and applies for amnesty. September – AQMI suicide bombing. December 8 – AQMI suicide bombing of Coast Guard post at Dellys.
September 22 – AQMI founder, Hassan Hattab, turns himself in to Algerian authorities and applies for amnesty. September – AQMI suicide bombing. December 8 – AQMI suicide bombing of Coast Guard post at Dellys.
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... from 1989 until their arrest by the military authorities in 1991. He was tried and found guilty of crimes against the state. He was conditionally released from prison in 2003 after promising to refrain from all political activity.
... from 1989 until their arrest by the military authorities in 1991. He was tried and found guilty of crimes against the state. He was conditionally released from prison in 2003 after promising to refrain from all political activity.
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He officially surrendered to Algerian authorities in October 2007. Matoub Lounès (1956–June 1998): A prominent Berber activist and singer who opposed the government's arabization programs, he was kidnapped by a GIA group on September 24 ...
He officially surrendered to Algerian authorities in October 2007. Matoub Lounès (1956–June 1998): A prominent Berber activist and singer who opposed the government's arabization programs, he was kidnapped by a GIA group on September 24 ...
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Algerian authorities chose July 5 for its symbolism. It was on that day in 1830 that France commenced its assault on the Ottoman Empire, the rulers who had remained in control of the territory since the 1500s.
Algerian authorities chose July 5 for its symbolism. It was on that day in 1830 that France commenced its assault on the Ottoman Empire, the rulers who had remained in control of the territory since the 1500s.
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“Algeria is France,” became the oft-repeated saying, which was restated incessantly by French authorities until the ceasefire was signed in March 1962.6 Being France and not just French brought to the fore special contradictions in ...
“Algeria is France,” became the oft-repeated saying, which was restated incessantly by French authorities until the ceasefire was signed in March 1962.6 Being France and not just French brought to the fore special contradictions in ...
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Inhoudsopgave
| 1 | |
| 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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