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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... decision to break with the GIA. 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 ...
... decision to break with the GIA. 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 ...
Pagina xxiv
... deciding to devote herself to a career in politics. From 1996 to 2001, she was a leading member of the secularist Berber party, the RCD, led by Saïd Saadi. She was appointed by President Bouteflika in May 2003 to the post of minister of ...
... deciding to devote herself to a career in politics. From 1996 to 2001, she was a leading member of the secularist Berber party, the RCD, led by Saïd Saadi. She was appointed by President Bouteflika in May 2003 to the post of minister of ...
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... decision to attack Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003. Prior to that, after the 9/11 attacks, the US and Algeria had sought closer relations: Algeria received military and other security assistance as a key regional partner in the US-declared ...
... decision to attack Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003. Prior to that, after the 9/11 attacks, the US and Algeria had sought closer relations: Algeria received military and other security assistance as a key regional partner in the US-declared ...
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... decision to adopt an “Arab” political platform and to use Arabic as a prime tool of national unification (a decision that incidentally mirrors the debate over the use of French to unify the nation during the French Revolution).12 The ...
... decision to adopt an “Arab” political platform and to use Arabic as a prime tool of national unification (a decision that incidentally mirrors the debate over the use of French to unify the nation during the French Revolution).12 The ...
Pagina 22
... 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, which saw the expansion of French companies, 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, which saw the expansion of French companies, the ...
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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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