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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... violent military response. October 10 – In wake of riots and military killing of hundreds of civilians, President Chadli promises to liberalize the political process. December 22 – President Chadli re-elected. 1989 February 14 – Iran's ...
... violent military response. October 10 – In wake of riots and military killing of hundreds of civilians, President Chadli promises to liberalize the political process. December 22 – President Chadli re-elected. 1989 February 14 – Iran's ...
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... violent theories of authenticity articulated most clearly by the adopted revolutionary Frantz Fanon, culminated in the state's vision of the nation that pitted unity against individuality, authoritarianism against liberalism, national ...
... violent theories of authenticity articulated most clearly by the adopted revolutionary Frantz Fanon, culminated in the state's vision of the nation that pitted unity against individuality, authoritarianism against liberalism, national ...
Pagina 4
... violence against the state. After the January 1992 coup, the FIS, which had emerged victorious from municipal elections in 1990 and from the first round of the national elections in 1991, quickly saw itself banned. Other Islamist ...
... violence against the state. After the January 1992 coup, the FIS, which had emerged victorious from municipal elections in 1990 and from the first round of the national elections in 1991, quickly saw itself banned. Other Islamist ...
Pagina 5
... violence were every bit as brutal as those who fought the war of national liberation had been, each side insisting that they represented the very authenticity of the nation itself. During this middle phase, both at home and abroad ...
... violence were every bit as brutal as those who fought the war of national liberation had been, each side insisting that they represented the very authenticity of the nation itself. During this middle phase, both at home and abroad ...
Pagina 6
... violent political conflicts, Algeria's terrible discord during the 1990s has given rise to a range of conflicting interpretations, beginning with the debate over what to call the conflict itself. Some observers, particularly the French ...
... violent political conflicts, Algeria's terrible discord during the 1990s has given rise to a range of conflicting interpretations, beginning with the debate over what to call the conflict itself. Some observers, particularly the French ...
Inhoudsopgave
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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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