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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November 13 – New Constitution, banning parties based on religion and ethnicity and limiting the president to two five-year terms, put into effect. 1997 January 28 – Abdelhak Benhamouda, Algerian labor union leader, assassinated.
November 13 – New Constitution, banning parties based on religion and ethnicity and limiting the president to two five-year terms, put into effect. 1997 January 28 – Abdelhak Benhamouda, Algerian labor union leader, assassinated.
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December 11 – AQMI bombs Algerian Constitutional Council and United Nations offices in Algiers. 2008 August 19 – AQMI suicide bomber attacks police academy. October 28 – Bouteflika speech announcing request to revise the constitution to ...
December 11 – AQMI bombs Algerian Constitutional Council and United Nations offices in Algiers. 2008 August 19 – AQMI suicide bomber attacks police academy. October 28 – Bouteflika speech announcing request to revise the constitution to ...
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He enacted the 1989 Constitution that formalized Algeria's commitment to reform, and introduced a multi-party system. He lost the confidence of the military after the FIS swept the local elections in 1990 and the first round of the ...
He enacted the 1989 Constitution that formalized Algeria's commitment to reform, and introduced a multi-party system. He lost the confidence of the military after the FIS swept the local elections in 1990 and the first round of the ...
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Yet, despite the profound differences among the secular liberals and the Islamists over the constitution of the idea of Algeria, each side remained united in its opposition to the FLN's misspent hegemony.
Yet, despite the profound differences among the secular liberals and the Islamists over the constitution of the idea of Algeria, each side remained united in its opposition to the FLN's misspent hegemony.
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The National Charter was followed by the November referendum on a new constitution, also adopted overwhelmingly by Algerians. The 1976 constitution secured Islam's place as the official religion, the republican model as the mode of ...
The National Charter was followed by the November referendum on a new constitution, also adopted overwhelmingly by Algerians. The 1976 constitution secured Islam's place as the official religion, the republican model as the mode of ...
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Inhoudsopgave
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| 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 |
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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 | geļllustreerd, herdruk |
| Uitgever | Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1848135351, 9781848135352 |
| Lengte | 269 pagina's |
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