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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March 19 – Ceasefire goes into effect. July 5 – Algeria declares independence. July 22 – Ahmed Ben Bella seizes control of government. October – Algeria inducted into United Nations. Ben Bella, as prime minister, attends ceremonies in ...
March 19 – Ceasefire goes into effect. July 5 – Algeria declares independence. July 22 – Ahmed Ben Bella seizes control of government. October – Algeria inducted into United Nations. Ben Bella, as prime minister, attends ceremonies in ...
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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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To do this, it is of primary importance to explain the effects of Algeria's domestic politics, including the failure of democratic liberalism and the rise of political Islam and Islamic radicalism, in both the local and global arenas.
To do this, it is of primary importance to explain the effects of Algeria's domestic politics, including the failure of democratic liberalism and the rise of political Islam and Islamic radicalism, in both the local and global arenas.
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The war of independence had begun on November 1, 1954, and the ceasefire agreed to in Evian, France, between Algerian revolutionaries and President Charles de Gaulle's government had been in effect since March 19, 1962.
The war of independence had begun on November 1, 1954, and the ceasefire agreed to in Evian, France, between Algerian revolutionaries and President Charles de Gaulle's government had been in effect since March 19, 1962.
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Because of the ire with which its former settler population greeted Algeria's liberation, Algerians would pay an immediate price with long-term effects. The most trenchant of the French occupiers would not be ushered off the stage ...
Because of the ire with which its former settler population greeted Algeria's liberation, Algerians would pay an immediate price with long-term effects. The most trenchant of the French occupiers would not be ushered off the stage ...
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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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