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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1962 March – Evian meetings between FLN and French formalize the terms of ceasefire; OAS responds with a wave of terror in Algeria. March 15 – Mouloud Feraoun and five other leaders of Centres Sociaux murdered by OAS in an attempt to ...
1962 March – Evian meetings between FLN and French formalize the terms of ceasefire; OAS responds with a wave of terror in Algeria. March 15 – Mouloud Feraoun and five other leaders of Centres Sociaux murdered by OAS in an attempt to ...
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1963–87 September 1963 – Ben Bella elected to first five-year term as president. October 1963 – Sands War begins between Morocco and Algeria. October 17, 1963 – Hocine Aīt Ahmed, founder of Front des Forces Socialistes (FFS, ...
1963–87 September 1963 – Ben Bella elected to first five-year term as president. October 1963 – Sands War begins between Morocco and Algeria. October 17, 1963 – Hocine Aīt Ahmed, founder of Front des Forces Socialistes (FFS, ...
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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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April 8 – Bouteflika elected to second term as president. June 20 – GSPC leader Nabil Sharawi killed by Algerian security forces. Succeeded by Abdelmalek Droukdal. 2005 April – Ahmed Ressam sentenced to 22 years in jail for his ...
April 8 – Bouteflika elected to second term as president. June 20 – GSPC leader Nabil Sharawi killed by Algerian security forces. Succeeded by Abdelmalek Droukdal. 2005 April – Ahmed Ressam sentenced to 22 years in jail for his ...
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October 28 – Bouteflika speech announcing request to revise the constitution to allow him to run for a controversial third term. Unlike reconciliation agreements, this is not brought to a national referendum. The constitution is amended ...
October 28 – Bouteflika speech announcing request to revise the constitution to allow him to run for a controversial third term. Unlike reconciliation agreements, this is not brought to a national referendum. The constitution is amended ...
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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 | geīllustreerd, herdruk |
| Uitgever | Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1848135351, 9781848135352 |
| Lengte | 269 pagina's |
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