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Algeria: Democratic transition case study
22/09/2008 By Kristina Kausch, Richard Youngs
Within the context of CDDRL’s project on democratic transitions, this paper explores the causes for the failure of Algeria to democratise in the 1990s.
Adhering to the project’s common case study framework, the paper outlines the impact of long term structural variables before moving on to examine the domestic and then external variables that acted around the moment of potential transition in 1991-1992.
In conclusion, the paper highlights the mutual interaction of domestic and external variables when it comes to explaining the ‘failed transition’ outcome in the case of Algeria.
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Keywords
Algeria North AfricaRelated publications
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Bio author: Kristina Kausch
Democracy promotion. Maghreb. Egypt. Morocco. Tunisia. Mediterranean. Political Islam.
Bio author: Richard Youngs
Democracy promotion. EU foreign policy.
