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During the late twentieth century, many authoritarian Islamic states underwent a dramatic transition to democracy. This book examines the process of democratic reform in Islamic countries, the problems it throws up and the cultural ideas and practices that prevail. Concentrating in particular on Algeria, and based on extensive on-the-ground research, Volpi offers a unique insight into the political history of the Algerian conflict and raises serious questions about the relationship between Islam and democracy on an international level. Addressing the problem of the radicalisation of political Islam in the region, he suggests possible solutions to the security and foreign policy dilemmas linked to international terrorism.

A bitter battle has been faught between the civil state and the Islamic fundamentalists in Algeria since the 1980s. It's a paradigmatic ‘clash of civilisations’ for some, whilst for others it's a distorted and local crisis in which ‘democratisation’ was introduced in a deeply authoritarian context. Looking in particular at the role of oil resources, which give Algeria great international geo-strategic and economic importance, Volpi explores Algeria's political transition -- a story which continues to have immense potential significance for other non-democratic Muslim countries.

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There could hardly be a more inflammatory political topic at present ... Volpi [has produced] a really valuable work on the subject. (Professor John Dunn, Cambridge University)

Frédéric Volpi’s account of Algerian politics masterfully situates the obstacles to democratisation in the local negative understandings of elite responsibilities and citizen rights. Military hardliners and Islamic radicals emerge as both the products and agents of an autocratic civic culture, with pragmatic Islamists like FIS caught in between ... this work takes us well beyond the case of Algeria and persuasively highlights the no less uncertain predicament of Muslim societies elsewhere. (James Piscatori, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies)
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Frederic Volpi is based at the University of St Andrews.

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  • EditorePluto Pr
  • Data di pubblicazione2002
  • ISBN 10 0745319769
  • ISBN 13 9780745319766
  • RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
  • Numero di pagine176
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