The Battlefield
Algeria 1988-2002, Studies in a Broken Polity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9829033 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Carl Brown (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 186 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | The Battlefield: Algeria 1988-2002, Studies in a Broken Polity, Hugh Roberts, 2003 |
| Venue | Foreign Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-7120 • E-ISSN: 2327-7793 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/20033731 |
| OpenAlex | W1542444391 |
| Language | EN |
The violence that has ravaged Algeria has often defied explanation. Regularly invoked in debates about political Islam, transitions to democracy, globalization, and the right of humanitarian interference, Algeria's tragedy has been reduced to a clash of stereotypes: Islamists vs. a secular state, terrorists vs. innocent civilians, or generals vs. a defenseless society. The prevalence of such simplistic representations has disabled public opinion inside as well as outside the country and contributed to the intractability of the conflict. This collection of essays offers a radical corrective to Western misconceptions. Rejecting essentialist and determinist approaches, Hugh Roberts explores the outlook and evolution of the various internal forces as they emerged--the Islamists, the Berberists, the factions within the army, and the regime in general--and he looks at external interests and actors. He explains their strategies and the manoeuvres in which they have engaged. The resulting analyses illuminate the startling dynamics of the conflict and the real issues at stake, and identify the implications of each development in the action. Informed by a deep knowledge of Algeria and Algerian history, these accessible essays guide the reader through the extraordinary politics of the drama in all its complexity
Civil society · Drama · Essentialism · Islam · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Secular state · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Terrorism · Tragedy (event · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · North African History and Literature
À propos de la complexité des révoltes dans les pays arabes 1
The Arab Opposition Molehill
Transnational political participation of Algerians in France. Extra-territorial civil society versus transnational governmentality
Remembering the war of liberation
Revisiting borders
North Africa from the First World War
A History of Algeria
Africa south of the Sahara from the First World War
Language Policy and Planning in Algeria
A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume I
Brecht in Algeria
Regime cycles and political change in African autocracies
Acting with One Voice
Linkage, leverage and organisational power
State making in the Horn of Africa
Amnesty, peace and reconciliation in Algeria
A Theory of Terrorist Leadership (and its Consequences for Leadership Targeting)
Broken fantasias? Jacques Ferrandez and the chimeric quest for disillusionment
The man behind the curtain
Contested cartographies
The Arab Spring in North Africa
The Algerian crisis in European and US foreign policies
The role of external actors in algeria's transition
Saintly grandmothers
Berber government
Weathering the storm
Why do some Arab citizens see democracy as unsuitable for their country
Masquerade politics
"What's to Become of "Democracy to Come
Terror in the Sahara
What is a (global) polity
The reinvention of political community in a transnational setting
Before the ruins
Algerian Women’s Būqālah Poetry
Foreign Aid Versus Military Intervention in the War on Terror
The unrecognized politics of de facto states in the post-Soviet space
From Peak to Trough
The Memory of the Civil War in Algeria
Challenges to Democratization Process in Algeria
Rethinking colonialism and decolonisation in Algeria, 60 years later
Does rentierism have a conditional effect on violence? Regime oil dependency and civil war in Algeria
Polarization or Pluralism? Language, Identity, and Attitudes toward American Culture among Algeria’s Youth
For the Long-Run
Language-in-Education Planning in Algeria
Algeria
From Domestic to Regional
Temporalities. Algerian Revolutions
Decoding Algeria's ENP Policy
The Algerian Presidential Elections of 2004
Regional Community Building and the Transformation of International Relations
Veiling Between Denigration and Glorification in Algeria
Expert intervention
Dream of Exile, Promise of Home
Humanize the Conflict”
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