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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September – Algerian dinar devalued by 22 percent. December 26 – FIS win first round of parliamentary elections in landslide victory (188 of 232 possible seats). 1992 January 11 – Second round of scheduled national elections xiv ...
September – Algerian dinar devalued by 22 percent. December 26 – FIS win first round of parliamentary elections in landslide victory (188 of 232 possible seats). 1992 January 11 – Second round of scheduled national elections xiv ...
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April – Algerian dinar devalued by 40 percent. April 10 — International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirms that it will help stabilize Algerian economy. September 26 – Berber singer/activist Matoub Lounès kidnapped by GIA.
April – Algerian dinar devalued by 40 percent. April 10 — International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirms that it will help stabilize Algerian economy. September 26 – Berber singer/activist Matoub Lounès kidnapped by GIA.
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... and roughly divided into 80 percent Arabs and 20 percent Berbers, with a small minority of Jews). Each successive French monarch and republic (all four after the French Revolution) made a firm commitment to incorporate and defend ...
... and roughly divided into 80 percent Arabs and 20 percent Berbers, with a small minority of Jews). Each successive French monarch and republic (all four after the French Revolution) made a firm commitment to incorporate and defend ...
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This preference for an invented language that connected to a broader pan-Arab ideology incensed the Berbers, who made up an estimated 20 to 25 percent of the population. Berber cultural Building a postcolonial state | 15.
This preference for an invented language that connected to a broader pan-Arab ideology incensed the Berbers, who made up an estimated 20 to 25 percent of the population. Berber cultural Building a postcolonial state | 15.
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estimated 20 to 25 percent of the population. Berber cultural activists argued that this group had as good a claim as any to being the indigenous population, for after all the Berber people predated, and indeed resisted, ...
estimated 20 to 25 percent of the population. Berber cultural activists argued that this group had as good a claim as any to being the indigenous population, for after all the Berber people predated, and indeed resisted, ...
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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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