Algeria's democratic experiment is seminal in post-Cold War history. It is the first Muslim nation to attempt the transition from an authoritarian system to democratic pluralism. This title shows that Algeria is at the heart of contemporary debates about Islam and secular democracy.
Algeria's democratic experiment is seminal in post-Cold War history. It is the first Muslim nation to attempt the transition from an authoritarian system to democratic pluralism. This title shows that Algeria is at the heart of contemporary debates about Islam and secular democracy.
James D. Le Sueur is Associate Professor of History at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and has been a Senior Associate Member of the Middle East Centre at St Antony's College, Oxford. He is an internationally recognized expert on Algeria and political Islam, French history and decolonization. He is currently producing a documentary film on the Algerian civil war. His books include Uncivil War: Intellectuals and Identity Politics during the Decolonization of Algeria (2005) and The Decolonization Reader (2003).
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Acknowledgments Chronology The principals Abbreviations and acronyms Map Introduction: democratic reform, terrorism and reconciliation 1. Building a postcolonial state 2. The road to reform 3. The kingmakers: generals and presidents in a time of terror 4. The Bouteflika era: civil society, peace, and sidelining generals 5. Energy and the economy of terror 6. A genealogy of terror: local and global jihadis 7. The future of radical Islam: from the GSPC to AQMI 8. Killing the messengers: Algeria's Rushdie syndrome Conclusion: a historian's reflections on amnesty in Algeria Notes Index
Acknowledgments Chronology The principals Abbreviations and acronyms Map Introduction: democratic reform, terrorism and reconciliation 1. Building a postcolonial state 2. The road to reform 3. The kingmakers: generals and presidents in a time of terror 4. The Bouteflika era: civil society, peace, and sidelining generals 5. Energy and the economy of terror 6. A genealogy of terror: local and global jihadis 7. The future of radical Islam: from the GSPC to AQMI 8. Killing the messengers: Algeria's Rushdie syndrome Conclusion: a historian's reflections on amnesty in Algeria Notes Index
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