The International Dimension of the Failed Algerian Transition: Democracy Betrayed? (Perspectives on Democratic Practice) - Hardcover

Cavatorta, Francesco

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719076161 ISBN 13: 9780719076169

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This book builds an innovative theoretical framework which analyses transitions to democracy using previously neglected international factors. It then explores the case of Algeria in great detail and provides an interesting analysis of Algerian politics during the last two decades. More specifically, the book examines how international variables influence the behaviour and activities of Algerian political actors. By bridging the comparative politics and international relations literature, the book offers a new understanding of the initiation, development and outcome of transitions to democracy.International factors, far from being marginal and secondary, are treated as central explanatory variables. Such external factors were crucial in the failed Algerian transition to democracy, when the attitudes and actions of key international actors shaped the domestic game and its final outcome. In particular, the book explores the controversial role of the Islamic Salvation Front and how its part was perceived abroad. Cavatorta argues that international factors significantly contribute to explaining the persistence of authoritarian rule in Algeria, to its integration into the global economy and its co-optation into the war on terror.

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Francesco Cavatorta is Lecturer in International Relations and Middle East Politics at Dublin City University

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0719076161
• ISBN 13: 9780719076169
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224