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Title: | Arab Spring à l'algérienne |
Authors: | Lutterbeck, Derek Tlemçani, Rachid |
Keywords: | Protest movements -- Arab countries -- Case studies Internal security -- Arab countries -- Case studies Arab countries -- Armed forces -- Case studies Arab Spring, 2010 |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
Publisher: | Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre (NOREF) |
Citation: | Lutterbeck, D., & Tlemçani, R. (2013). Arab Spring à l'algérienne. Policy Brief, September 2013, 1-5. |
Abstract: | Even though many of the socioeconomic conditions that have driven the popular Arab Spring uprisings and toppled several regimes across the Middle East have been present in Algeria as well, the Algerian regime has thus far been able to weather the winds of change. This policy brief takes a closer look at the “Algerian exception” by examining the protest movement in Algeria and why it has been more limited than elsewhere, as well as recent political “reforms” adopted in response to the protests. It argues that in addition to the experiences of the bloody decade of the 1990s, a number of factors account for the more limited protest movement in Algeria, such as the regime’s larger spending power and its experience in dealing with largescale protests. While the Algerian regime has introduced reforms over the last two years, these have been mainly cosmetic, largely consolidating the political status quo. The policy brief also briefly discusses the threat of Islamist terrorism in the Sahel region, with particular reference to the recent In Amenas hostage crisis in Algeria. As for Algeria’s future evolution and prospects for political reform, fundamental change seems unlikely, at least in the short to medium term. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/90459 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - InsMADS |
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