Why Algerians don’t make Revolution?
Why Algerians don’t make Revolution?
Author(s): Karim Amellal
Subject(s): Civil Society, Governance
Published by: AMO – Asociace pro mezinárodní otázky
Summary/Abstract: After decades of political sclerosis and inertia, the Maghreb and the Middle East have brutally become a row of dominoes. In this part of the world that has been considered as culturally resistant to any democratic change for a long time, values of liberty and democracy are brandished like banners by young people yearning for a major change in their lives. Algeria didn’t escape the movement. In January 2011 several unrests took place in the country. Five people were killed and several hundred injured. Unemployed and poorly housed made up the bulk of protesters. All the ingredients were gathered for a revolution: a spark (rising prices of food), a sclerosis policy, an aging leader at the helm for over 10 years, a growing inequality despite oil wealth, corruption, etc. And yet the country stood relatively intact by the massive upheaval that was rocking all around in the Arab world. For a nation built with revolutions, it’s quite surprising. So let’s try to see why.
Series: Association for International Affairs - Briefing Papers
- Page Count: 4
- Publication Year: 2011
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
