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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Pagina xv
... European firms announce commitment to invest large sums in Algerian drilling of Algerian oil fields. April – Algerian dinar devalued by 40 percent. April 10 — International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirms that it will help stabilize ...
... European firms announce commitment to invest large sums in Algerian drilling of Algerian oil fields. April – Algerian dinar devalued by 40 percent. April 10 — International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirms that it will help stabilize ...
Pagina xviii
... European Parliament issues resolution lamenting that Algerian state had not responded to claims about the disappeared. April 21 – Algerian police kill young Berber boy in Tizi-Ouzou, sparking riots throughout Kabylia. July 12 ...
... European Parliament issues resolution lamenting that Algerian state had not responded to claims about the disappeared. April 21 – Algerian police kill young Berber boy in Tizi-Ouzou, sparking riots throughout Kabylia. July 12 ...
Pagina 2
... European Union, and international human rights organizations 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 ...
... European Union, and international human rights organizations 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 ...
Pagina 5
... Europe, and Southeast Asia. After the 1992 military coup, the unprecedented reforms of the previous three years disappeared behind the carnage of a new generation, if not an altogether new breed, of terrorists and counterterrorists. In ...
... Europe, and Southeast Asia. After the 1992 military coup, the unprecedented reforms of the previous three years disappeared behind the carnage of a new generation, if not an altogether new breed, of terrorists and counterterrorists. In ...
Pagina 6
... Europe, and 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 ...
... Europe, and 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 ...
Inhoudsopgave
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1 Building a postcolonial state | 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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