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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... 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 New York. October 22 – US ...
... 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 New York. October 22 – US ...
Pagina xvii
... effect. 1997 January 28 – Abdelhak Benhamouda, Algerian labor union leader, assassinated. July 15 – Former FIS leader, Abassi Madani, released from custody. July 19 – Former FIS leader, Abdelkader Hachani, released from prison ...
... effect. 1997 January 28 – Abdelhak Benhamouda, Algerian labor union leader, assassinated. July 15 – Former FIS leader, Abassi Madani, released from custody. July 19 – Former FIS leader, Abdelkader Hachani, released from prison ...
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... 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. As we shall see, economic and development concerns ...
... 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. As we shall see, economic and development concerns ...
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... effect since March 19, 1962. Together the ceasefire and ensuing independence celebrations marked the death of “French Algeria” and the birth of a nation. The evidence of the slow, painful death and birth in the zero-sum game of ...
... effect since March 19, 1962. Together the ceasefire and ensuing independence celebrations marked the death of “French Algeria” and the birth of a nation. The evidence of the slow, painful death and birth in the zero-sum game of ...
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... effects. The most trenchant of the French occupiers would not be ushered off the stage without a fight; resorting to sheer paramilitary terror, violent settler groups and break-away French military personnel disillusioned with de ...
... effects. The most trenchant of the French occupiers would not be ushered off the stage without a fight; resorting to sheer paramilitary terror, violent settler groups and break-away French military personnel disillusioned with de ...
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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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