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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November 1840 – General Bugeaud is appointed governor general of Algeria. He initiates a total war approach against the Algerian resistance, which results in widespread human rights abuses. February 1844 – Creation of the Office of Arab ...
November 1840 – General Bugeaud is appointed governor general of Algeria. He initiates a total war approach against the Algerian resistance, which results in widespread human rights abuses. February 1844 – Creation of the Office of Arab ...
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Key participants: Hocine Aït Ahmed with Ahmed Djeddai (for FFS), Ali Yahia (for Algerian League of Human Rights, LADDH), Rabah Kebir and Anwar Haddam (for FIS), Abdelhamid Mehri (for FLN), Louisa Hanoune (Algerian Workers Party), ...
Key participants: Hocine Aït Ahmed with Ahmed Djeddai (for FFS), Ali Yahia (for Algerian League of Human Rights, LADDH), Rabah Kebir and Anwar Haddam (for FIS), Abdelhamid Mehri (for FLN), Louisa Hanoune (Algerian Workers Party), ...
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June 26 – Bouteflika moves forward with “Law on Civil Concord”: a plan to offer national referendum granting limited ... 2000 January 11 – Despite protests by human rights groups, Bouteflika grants amnesty to former members of the AIS.
June 26 – Bouteflika moves forward with “Law on Civil Concord”: a plan to offer national referendum granting limited ... 2000 January 11 – Despite protests by human rights groups, Bouteflika grants amnesty to former members of the AIS.
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... Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights MDA Mouvement pour la Démocratie en Algérie / Movement for Abbreviations and acronyms.
... Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights MDA Mouvement pour la Démocratie en Algérie / Movement for Abbreviations and acronyms.
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Indeed, by the 1990s Algeria's previous fortunes seemed to have unequivocally reversed, and many foreign governments, the European Union, and international human rights organizations called on the state to end the terrifying conflict ...
Indeed, by the 1990s Algeria's previous fortunes seemed to have unequivocally reversed, and many foreign governments, the European Union, and international human rights organizations called on the state to end the terrifying conflict ...
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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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