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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The treaty is broken by Louis-Philippe two years later. November 18, 1839 – Abd el-Kader formally declares war against the French. November 1840 – General Bugeaud is appointed governor general of Algeria.
The treaty is broken by Louis-Philippe two years later. November 18, 1839 – Abd el-Kader formally declares war against the French. November 1840 – General Bugeaud is appointed governor general of Algeria.
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Abd el-Kader's intercession helps spare the lives of thousands of Syrian Christians, for which Napoleon later inducts him into the French Legion of Honor. 1863 – In a move widely criticized by European settlers as being too pro-Muslim, ...
Abd el-Kader's intercession helps spare the lives of thousands of Syrian Christians, for which Napoleon later inducts him into the French Legion of Honor. 1863 – In a move widely criticized by European settlers as being too pro-Muslim, ...
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October 1946 – Messali Hadj establishes Mouvement pour le Triomphe des Libertés Démocratiques (MTLD), which later recruits an armed wing known as the Organisation Spéciale. 1954 Spring – The Comité Révolutionnaire pour l'Unité et ...
October 1946 – Messali Hadj establishes Mouvement pour le Triomphe des Libertés Démocratiques (MTLD), which later recruits an armed wing known as the Organisation Spéciale. 1954 Spring – The Comité Révolutionnaire pour l'Unité et ...
Pagina xi
FLN denies responsibility, but later admits to the murder of over 300 Algerian civilians at Mélouza. June – Arrest of Maurice Audin, member of Algerian Communist Party and professor of mathematics at University of Algiers.
FLN denies responsibility, but later admits to the murder of over 300 Algerian civilians at Mélouza. June – Arrest of Maurice Audin, member of Algerian Communist Party and professor of mathematics at University of Algiers.
Pagina xvi
Two days later, plane is diverted to Marseilles. All four hijackers are killed and remaining hostages freed. 1995 January 13 – Sant'Egidio Platform, sponsored by Sant'Egidio community, signed in Rome. A major effort to end the carnage ...
Two days later, plane is diverted to Marseilles. All four hijackers are killed and remaining hostages freed. 1995 January 13 – Sant'Egidio Platform, sponsored by Sant'Egidio community, signed in Rome. A major effort to end the carnage ...
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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 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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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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