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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... civil society, peace, and sidelining generals | 74 5 Energy and the economy of terror | 98 6 A genealogy of terror: local and global jihadis | 122 7 The future of radical Islam: from the GSPC to AQMI | 143 8 Killing the messengers ...
... civil society, peace, and sidelining generals | 74 5 Energy and the economy of terror | 98 6 A genealogy of terror: local and global jihadis | 122 7 The future of radical Islam: from the GSPC to AQMI | 143 8 Killing the messengers ...
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... for a boycott of the elections. Bouteflika carries the elections the following day. April 26 – Bouteflika sworn into office for his first term as president. June 26 – Bouteflika moves forward with “Law on Civil Chronology | xvii 1997-1999.
... for a boycott of the elections. Bouteflika carries the elections the following day. April 26 – Bouteflika sworn into office for his first term as president. June 26 – Bouteflika moves forward with “Law on Civil Chronology | xvii 1997-1999.
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... Civil Concord”: a plan to offer national referendum granting limited amnesty to some of those involved in terrorist actions. July–November 2000 – Algerian spy Reda Hussaine agrees to spy for MI5 on Abu Hamza's Finsbury Park Mosque in ...
... Civil Concord”: a plan to offer national referendum granting limited amnesty to some of those involved in terrorist actions. July–November 2000 – Algerian spy Reda Hussaine agrees to spy for MI5 on Abu Hamza's Finsbury Park Mosque in ...
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... civil society and which cultural mores would prevail. These options corresponded to a central question in the minds of many reformers: would Algeria be a theocratic state or a secular republic? Yet, despite the profound differences ...
... civil society and which cultural mores would prevail. These options corresponded to a central question in the minds of many reformers: would Algeria be a theocratic state or a secular republic? Yet, despite the profound differences ...
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... civil war” to describe an ongoing, armed conflict between militant Islamists and the state. Algerian officials and others have raised vehement objections to this definition, largely on the grounds that it cedes too much political and ...
... civil war” to describe an ongoing, armed conflict between militant Islamists and the state. Algerian officials and others have raised vehement objections to this definition, largely on the grounds that it cedes too much political and ...
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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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