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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Hassan Hattab (1967–): Founded the militant Islamist group, the GSPC, in 1998 following his decision to break with the GIA. He officially surrendered to Algerian authorities in October 2007. Matoub Lounès (1956–June 1998): A prominent ...
Hassan Hattab (1967–): Founded the militant Islamist group, the GSPC, in 1998 following his decision to break with the GIA. He officially surrendered to Algerian authorities in October 2007. Matoub Lounès (1956–June 1998): A prominent ...
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Despite its global connections with al Qaeda and other groups, the GSPC might not have been able to pursue its cause of overthrowing Bouteflika's government had it not been for George W. Bush's decision to attack Iraq and Afghanistan in ...
Despite its global connections with al Qaeda and other groups, the GSPC might not have been able to pursue its cause of overthrowing Bouteflika's government had it not been for George W. Bush's decision to attack Iraq and Afghanistan in ...
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Of particular concern were the perceived differences between the Arab and Berber populations (accentuated by the decision to immediately arabize the nation after independence) and a nascent conflict with Morocco over the shared Southern ...
Of particular concern were the perceived differences between the Arab and Berber populations (accentuated by the decision to immediately arabize the nation after independence) and a nascent conflict with Morocco over the shared Southern ...
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The key to Boumediene's program was the decision to invest heavily in the county's oil and gas industries. Algeria's reliance on its chief export, oil, was a relatively new phenomenon.23 After an initial period of cooperation, ...
The key to Boumediene's program was the decision to invest heavily in the county's oil and gas industries. Algeria's reliance on its chief export, oil, was a relatively new phenomenon.23 After an initial period of cooperation, ...
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The decision to join OPEC was accompanied with the gradual nationalization of the oil and gas sectors, a process that relieved the non-Algerian energy companies of their assets in 1971. The nationalization of oil and gas was part of a ...
The decision to join OPEC was accompanied with the gradual nationalization of the oil and gas sectors, a process that relieved the non-Algerian energy companies of their assets in 1971. The nationalization of oil and gas was part of a ...
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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 | geïllustreerd, herdruk |
| Uitgever | Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1848135351, 9781848135352 |
| Lengte | 269 pagina's |
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