Identity in Algerian politics:the legacy of colonial rule
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Lynne Rienner Publishers,
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Publisher Address: | Boulder |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | vii, 223 p.: ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781588266088 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1588266087 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | D741 |
CLC: | D741.52 |
Call Number: | D741.52/H646 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-209) and index. French colonial rule and its enduring legacies -- Algerian nationalism and the War of Liberation -- Independence and the challenges of nation building -- Economic crisis and the descent into violence -- National identity and the ongoing struggle. Explores the multiple causes of two decades of political change, social and economic upheaval, and conflict in post-independence Algeria, focusing on the relationship between identity and sociopolitical stability in Algerian nation building. |