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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... foreign policy, terrorism and military power all become an important part of Algeria's contemporary history. As such, this study is intended for audiences with an interest in Algeria but also for those seeking to understand how domestic ...
... foreign policy, terrorism and military power all become an important part of Algeria's contemporary history. As such, this study is intended for audiences with an interest in Algeria but also for those seeking to understand how domestic ...
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... foreign policy in the middle of the Cold War. Facing about 70 percent unemployment in Algeria and the tsunami of destruction left in the wake of the French withdrawal, Ben Bella traveled directly from New York to Washington, DC for a ...
... foreign policy in the middle of the Cold War. Facing about 70 percent unemployment in Algeria and the tsunami of destruction left in the wake of the French withdrawal, Ben Bella traveled directly from New York to Washington, DC for a ...
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... foreign firms, employing more than 7,500 industrial workers, were nationalized; by 1969, only 20 of the roughly 750 French companies in existence during the colonial period were still controlled by their original owners.25 In that year ...
... foreign firms, employing more than 7,500 industrial workers, were nationalized; by 1969, only 20 of the roughly 750 French companies in existence during the colonial period were still controlled by their original owners.25 In that year ...
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... foreign investors out of the newly created monopoly. This “go-it-alone” policy was Sonatrach's guiding principle throughout the 1970s and 1980s.27 Unfortunately, it translated into serious problems because Algeria had neither the skills ...
... foreign investors out of the newly created monopoly. This “go-it-alone” policy was Sonatrach's guiding principle throughout the 1970s and 1980s.27 Unfortunately, it translated into serious problems because Algeria had neither the skills ...
Pagina 27
... foreign loans. Then, overnight, the ceiling fell on the world's oil prices, bringing the price of oil to below $10 per barrel and with it Algeria's economy to a grinding halt. The sudden decline in oil prices reduced Algeria's profits ...
... foreign loans. Then, overnight, the ceiling fell on the world's oil prices, bringing the price of oil to below $10 per barrel and with it Algeria's economy to a grinding halt. The sudden decline in oil prices reduced Algeria's profits ...
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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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