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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819178003321

Autore

Le Sueur James D.

Titolo

Algeria since 1989 : between terror and democracy / / James D. Le Sueur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2010

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21839-1

1-84813-610-2

1-282-47310-7

1-78034-507-0

9786612473104

1-84813-535-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

Global History of the Present

Disciplina

965.054

Soggetti

African history

Algeria History 1990-

Algeria Politics and government 1990-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prelims; 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.

Sommario/riassunto

Algeria's democratic experiment is seminal in post-Cold War history. 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.