Algeria Modern: From Opacity to Complexity

Rasmus Alenius Boserup (Editor), Luis Martinez (Editor)

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    Abstract

    The book provides a fresh analysis of power and politics in Algeria under Bouteflika. It engages a host of intriguing questions about the often misunderstood North African great power: How does its political system function? Who really governs? Who are behind the protests? How strong are the Islamists? Are there alternatives to dependence on hydrocarbons? And how will the regime securitise its vast and unstable Sahara hinterland? The book challenges the long established perception of Algeria as a politically and intellectually incomprehensible country under the control of powerful and intransparent intelligence agencies . Without denying the ongoign presence of these features the book explores demonstrate how much the country has changed since the 1990s. Algeria today is complex, and challenging to comprehend; but it is no longer opaque.

    Contributors (in alphabetical order): Abdennour Benantar, Anouar Boukhars, Rasmus Alenius Boserup, Samia Boucetta,,Djallil Lounnes, Luis Martinez and Edward McAllister

    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationLondon
    PublisherHurst Publishers
    Number of pages176
    ISBN (Print)9781849045872, 9780190491536
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2016
    SeriesThe CERI Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies

    Bibliographical note

    Published by Oxford University Press in the US.

    Keywords

    • Algeria
    • rentier state
    • History
    • Power relations
    • Social change
    • Political culture
    • society
    • authoritarianism
    • Bouteflika

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