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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... exiled writers from Muslim-majority countries in Europe and North America. He is professor of history at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Algeria since 1989: Between terror and democracy James D. Le About the author.
... exiled writers from Muslim-majority countries in Europe and North America. He is professor of history at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Algeria since 1989: Between terror and democracy James D. Le About the author.
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... North African Star FFS Front des Forces Socialistes / Socialist Forces Front FIS Front Islamique du Salut / Islamic Salvation Front FLN Front de Libération Nationale / National Liberation Front GIA Groupe Islamique Armé / Armed Islamic ...
... North African Star FFS Front des Forces Socialistes / Socialist Forces Front FIS Front Islamique du Salut / Islamic Salvation Front FLN Front de Libération Nationale / National Liberation Front GIA Groupe Islamique Armé / Armed Islamic ...
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... North Africa, and the “Third World” because it had been able to use the very carnage of decolonization to present itself as a strong nation. However, the Front de Libération Nationale's (FLN) revolutionary heritage, embodied in the ...
... North Africa, and the “Third World” because it had been able to use the very carnage of decolonization to present itself as a strong nation. However, the Front de Libération Nationale's (FLN) revolutionary heritage, embodied in the ...
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... North America. This depletion of talent remains arguably one of the most important and devastating aspects of the events of the 1990s. As with most violent political conflicts, Algeria's terrible discord during the 1990s has given rise ...
... North America. This depletion of talent remains arguably one of the most important and devastating aspects of the events of the 1990s. As with most violent political conflicts, Algeria's terrible discord during the 1990s has given rise ...
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... North Africa through the democratic process was indeed something to fear. And for those who feared the religious challenges to military regimes, democracy was seen in many ways as the Islamists' Trojan horse. In other words, according ...
... North Africa through the democratic process was indeed something to fear. And for those who feared the religious challenges to military regimes, democracy was seen in many ways as the Islamists' Trojan horse. In other words, according ...
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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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