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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... efforts to understand what went tragically wrong in Algeria during the 1990s. For example, was Algeria's struggle for democracy part of a broader wind of change in the late 1980s and early 1990s? Was the creation of an Islamic democracy ...
... efforts to understand what went tragically wrong in Algeria during the 1990s. For example, was Algeria's struggle for democracy part of a broader wind of change in the late 1980s and early 1990s? Was the creation of an Islamic democracy ...
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... efforts to forge an authentic Algeria that was part real, part wishful thinking. Another immediate challenge for the Algerian state came in the form of a border dispute with Morocco often referred to as the “Sands War.” The antagonism ...
... efforts to forge an authentic Algeria that was part real, part wishful thinking. Another immediate challenge for the Algerian state came in the form of a border dispute with Morocco often referred to as the “Sands War.” The antagonism ...
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... effort to redefine and unify those states emerging from colonial rule), Algeria announced that it would continue its affiliation with the Non-Aligned Movement, which in turn reaffirmed Algeria's commitment to what Robert Malley and ...
... effort to redefine and unify those states emerging from colonial rule), Algeria announced that it would continue its affiliation with the Non-Aligned Movement, which in turn reaffirmed Algeria's commitment to what Robert Malley and ...
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... efforts at real international diplomacy had ended in abject failure and ended up unnecessarily turning the US against Algeria, thereby isolating it from the financial aid necessary for reconstruction and pushing it more strongly into ...
... efforts at real international diplomacy had ended in abject failure and ended up unnecessarily turning the US against Algeria, thereby isolating it from the financial aid necessary for reconstruction and pushing it more strongly into ...
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... effort to keep the overall political system and ideology intact. Nevertheless, since only 27 percent of Algeria's industrial workforce was in the private sector, Chadli faced enormous challenges.37 Jobs continued to lag far behind the ...
... effort to keep the overall political system and ideology intact. Nevertheless, since only 27 percent of Algeria's industrial workforce was in the private sector, Chadli faced enormous challenges.37 Jobs continued to lag far behind the ...
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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