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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And, although those who have helped me see through this book bear no responsibility for any of the book's flaws, they do share collective responsibility for any success the book sees. I have been humbled by their patience, insights, ...
And, although those who have helped me see through this book bear no responsibility for any of the book's flaws, they do share collective responsibility for any success the book sees. I have been humbled by their patience, insights, ...
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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.
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... CDs highly critical of both Islamists and the state. He was assassinated on June 25, 1998, and the GIA later claimed responsibility for his killing. Abassi Madani (1931–): A veteran of the war of liberation, The principals | xxiii.
... CDs highly critical of both Islamists and the state. He was assassinated on June 25, 1998, and the GIA later claimed responsibility for his killing. Abassi Madani (1931–): A veteran of the war of liberation, The principals | xxiii.
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As a general, he played a leading role in the military's excessive response to the October 1988 disturbances. In July 1990 he was named minister of defense, and in that capacity was one of the generals responsible for forcing Chadli ...
As a general, he played a leading role in the military's excessive response to the October 1988 disturbances. In July 1990 he was named minister of defense, and in that capacity was one of the generals responsible for forcing Chadli ...
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The metropolitan population generally viewed these new arrivals as troublemaking refugees, responsible for defeat in a terrible colonial war and for the deaths of their sons sent to fight in the Algerian graveyard.
The metropolitan population generally viewed these new arrivals as troublemaking refugees, responsible for defeat in a terrible colonial war and for the deaths of their sons sent to fight in the Algerian graveyard.
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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
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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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