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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... called on the state to end the terrifying conflict between the military and radical Islamic terrorists and to conform to international human rights norms. Ironically, both Algeria's success with the Iranian hostage negotiations and its ...
... called on the state to end the terrifying conflict between the military and radical Islamic terrorists and to conform to international human rights norms. Ironically, both Algeria's success with the Iranian hostage negotiations and its ...
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... called for a rupture with the FLN's postcolonial status quo and for an immediate re-ordering of society. Each opposition party argued that it best represented the very idea of Algeria itself and claimed to hold the unique solution to ...
... called for a rupture with the FLN's postcolonial status quo and for an immediate re-ordering of society. Each opposition party argued that it best represented the very idea of Algeria itself and claimed to hold the unique solution to ...
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... called for an extraordinarily controversial amnesty agreement with terrorists. In exchange for laying down their arms, the terrorists' crimes would be absolved, and they would be reintegrated into civil society. Under Bouteflika's 1999 ...
... called for an extraordinarily controversial amnesty agreement with terrorists. In exchange for laying down their arms, the terrorists' crimes would be absolved, and they would be reintegrated into civil society. Under Bouteflika's 1999 ...
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... of African Unity (OAU) to resolve the conflict, a ceasefire came into effect in February 1964. This agreement called for the creation of a demilitarized zone, which did little to abate the intensity of a conflict 16 | One.
... of African Unity (OAU) to resolve the conflict, a ceasefire came into effect in February 1964. This agreement called for the creation of a demilitarized zone, which did little to abate the intensity of a conflict 16 | One.
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... called “Third Worldism.”15 This so-called ideological neutralism was in truth hardly neutral, and led to frequent diplomatic gaffes. Ben Bella's fateful blunders in turn revealed the immediate perils of trying to forge postcolonial ...
... called “Third Worldism.”15 This so-called ideological neutralism was in truth hardly neutral, and led to frequent diplomatic gaffes. Ben Bella's fateful blunders in turn revealed the immediate perils of trying to forge postcolonial ...
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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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