Thesis (M.S.)--School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, 2008. / "June 2008." Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Ce travail s’intéresse au milieu des militants de la SFIO dans le cadre du département d’Oran dans l’entre-deux-guerres, dans une « approche sociétale » qui dépasse les frontières du parti pour s’intéresser à son inscription dans l’environnement. L’évolution idéologique du groupe mise en lumière – le passage d’une réticence extrême face au nationalisme à une ouverture aux revendications des organisations de la population colonisée créées à cette époque, Association des ‘ulamā musulmans et Fédération des élus musulmans en tête – est restituée dans ses multiples réalités, politique mais aussi culturelle, sociale et sociabilitaire. Le changement des discours et des idées fut en effet à la fois accompagné et permis par une évolution des pratiques, des langues utilisées à la façon de mobiliser en passant par le vêtement, aussi bien que par celle des identités, avec l’entrée de militants issus de la population colonisée à la SFIO mais aussi l’évolution des réseaux militants, rapprochant le Parti socialiste des organisations revendicatives algériennes. Les principales conclusions de ce travail permettent d’élargir les récits du nationalisme algérien, en prenant en compte les transferts réciproques, organisationnels et théoriques, entre la gauche française et les premières organisations politiques algériennes. Elles éclairent aussi notre compréhension des sociétés coloniales, en montrant comment le Parti socialiste fut au cœur, en Algérie, d’une « transaction hégémonique impériale » : tout en contestant la façon dont la colonisation française fonctionnait, il en assura paradoxalement la solidité, en faisant vivre le langage, largement fictionnel, de l’assimilation, par delà la frontière coloniale. / My dissertation deals with the French Socialist group in the Western department of Algeria, Oran, during the interwar period. At first very reluctant about any proposition that could be considered similar to nationalism, this group progressively opened up to wider views: in the mid 1930s, it included a significant number of Algerian members and had added some of the major claims of the proto-nationalist movements to its political platform – mainly those of the Federation of Muslim elected representatives and the Association of Algerian Muslim ‘Ulamā. The process of cultural change in the Oran socialist milieu was accompanied and facilitated by mutations in both the socialist practices and sociability. Thus socialist ways of operating – mobilizing, campaigning and demonstrating – evolved: during the 1930s, the Socialists increasingly positioned themselves to attract the native Algerian population. But socialist ways of being – identities and social configurations – also mutated considerably, as the Socialist Party grew closer to the Algerian proto-nationalist organizations. The Socialist Party in Algeria can be understood as constituting an interstitial world, challenging the binary division of colonial societies into colonizing and colonized populations. The socialist activists of the Oran region challenged the “colonial border” in a significant albeit limited way. They opened a dialogue around the idea of colonial reform in a coercive context and constituted a “hegemonic imperial transaction”. The study of this short-lived community challenges the historiography as it analytically recalibrates the genesis of Algerian nationalism, taking into account a form of “colonial encounter” with the French left.

It has been recognised that exporting is an engine for growth at both country and firm levels. However, the challenging nature of international business often prevents companies from entering and surviving in international markets. In the Small and Medium-size Business context, lack of resource is normally the main reason behind the inability of firms to overcome export barriers. In recognition of the issue and for promoting exporting, the governments have been offering the so-called Government Export Promotion Programmes (GEPPs) to act as “resource supplements”. While there have been extensive practices, the mechanism and effectiveness of these programmes have not been thoroughly explored and analysed. In some academic studies, criticisms and doubts about these programmes have been raised. Against this background, the thesis investigates the working mechanism of these programmes and tests their effectiveness in terms of export initiation, performance and regularity. Using an extended version of the Resource Based View, two integrative and comprehensive conceptual models are developed in order to reveal the indirect impacts of GEPPs on export behaviour. The models are then tested with a total of 495 completed questionnaires collected from two sample countries; namely, Algeria and the UK. These were analysed through a multivariate analysis using a variance-based statistical technique known as Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling. The findings of this thesis are two-fold. First, with respect to the critical resources affecting export behaviour, the study finds that while both Algerian and UK firms’export intention are affected by management resources only, firms’ export performance and regularity are instead mainly influenced by management and organisational resources in the UK and management and relational resources in Algeria. Second, regarding the impact of GEPPs on export intention, the study confirms its indirect nature through the management resources in both countries. However, when it comes to their effect on export performance and regularity, the indirect effect was only established in the UK and mainly through management and organisational resources. These findings have both theoretical and practical implications in that the results have provided empirical evidence on the indirect impact of GEPPs and can serve as an indication in practice for both firm managers and policy makers in deploying key resources for different stages of internationalisation.

Doctorat en sciences sociales, politiques et économiques / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Doctorat en sciences sociales, politiques et économiques / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Le cadre juridique des investissements étrangers en Algérie a été marqué par de profonds changements depuis la promulgation du premier code des investissements, en 1963. Cette mutation n’a pas toujours été en phase avec les processus de développement économique national et le changement du contexte international. Le modèle socialiste de la gestion des affaires économiques qui a prédominé à partir du milieu des années 60 jusqu'au milieu des années 80 a progressivement cédé la place à un retrait graduel de l'Etat du champ économique. On assiste, depuis, à une émergence d’un secteur privé qui tente toujours de trouver sa place, à une vague de privatisations, à une libéralisation du commerce extérieur et à un appel aux capitaux étrangers pour financer le développement économique.Cette volonté manifeste d’accéder à une économie de marché est encore plus perceptible dans le dernier code des investissements de 2001. Ces efforts de mise en conformité du droit interne des investissements avec le droit international des investissements sont relayés par un discours politique offensif.Néanmoins, cet environnement juridique incitatif perd de son attrait lorsqu’on le confronte, soit aux textes promulgués en matière de réglementation du commerce extérieur et la réglementation des changes, soit à l’environnement administratif dans lequel est mis en œuvre l’ensemble de ces textes de lois. Cette confrontation est particulièrement instructive quant à l’insuffisance de cohérence de la politique étatique suivie en matière d’investissement étranger. Ceci révèle la balance d’intérêt des autorités algériennes entre l’augmentation de la contribution des investissements étrangers au potentiel économique et technologique national et la sauvegarde de la souveraineté nationale.Ainsi, le questionnement de la politique législative algérienne d’investissement permet de comprendre les fondements de la doctrine algérienne des investissements étrangers. Cette compréhension favorise l’émergence d’une stratégie qui concilie attractivité et préservation des intérêts publics. / The legal framework for foreign investment in Algeria was marked by profound changes since the enactment of the first investment code in 1963 This change has not always been in line with the process of national economic development and change in the international environment . The socialist model of economic management that prevailed from the mid 60s to mid 80s gradually gave way to a gradual withdrawal of the state from the economic field. There has since been an emergence of a private sector that is still trying to find its place, a wave of privatization, liberalization of foreign trade and to rely on foreign capital to finance the development will économique.Cette Manifest access to a market economy is even more noticeable in the latest investment Code of 2001 These efforts compliance of domestic investment law with the international investment law are supported by a political speech offensif.Néanmoins, the legal environment incentive loses its appeal when confronted or to enactments in regulation of foreign trade and foreign exchange regulations, or administrative environment that is implemented in all these laws. This comparison is particularly instructive about the lack of consistency in state policy with respect to foreign investment. This reveals the balance of interest between the Algerian authorities increasing the contribution of foreign investment to national economic and technological potential and safeguarding sovereignty nationale.Ainsi, questioning the Algerian legislative investment policy allows us to understand the foundations of the Algerian doctrine of foreign investment. This understanding promotes the emergence of a strategy that balances attractiveness and preservation of public interest.

La grotte GLD1 dans l’Adrar Gueldaman (Babors d’Akbou/Algérie) a bénéficié d’un programme de recherche pluridisciplinaire du CNRPAH depuis 2010. Une séquence néolithique couvrant la période VIII-Ve millénaires BP a été mise au jour et fouillée (Secteurs 2 et 3). La reconstitution du cadre chronostratigraphique climatique, économique et culturel des occupations a permis d’individualiser 4 unités archéologiques chronologiquement calées par 28 dates 14C (cal BP) : UA1 [7200-6500], UA2 [6500-530], UA3 [5000-4600], UA4 [4500-4200]. Une reconstitution paléoclimatique est proposée à travers des analyses isotopiques (d13C et d18O) réalisées sur deux stalagmites STM2 et STM4 de GLD1 dont la croissance (dates U/Th), couvre les trois dernières unités archéologiques. Une corrélation entre changements climatiques et occupations du site est mise en évidence. L’abandon de la grotte coïncide avec la crise d’aridité de 4200 BP enregistrée sur le pourtour méditerranéen. La faune domestique est représentée par des chèvres, des moutons (UA1) et des bovins (UA2). Les systèmes d'élevage des chèvres et moutons correspondent aux modèles de gestion des troupeaux des ovicaprinés de sites néolithiques méditerranéens du Sud de la France et de l’Italie ainsi que du Proche-Orient. Les résultats préliminaires paléobotaniques (étude sur 10% du corpus) indique l’a présence de blé et de l'orge en UA4. La céramique à fond conique est décorée par incision (UA1) et impression sans recours au cardium. Les résidus organiques identifiés concernent les matières grasses carnées et laitières ainsi que la cire d’abeille (miel). Le mobilier lithique est typique constitué d’outils du fonds commun épipaléolithique et de nouveaux apports (armatures de flèches, racloirs et scies). L’industrie osseuse est exceptionnellement riche, diversifiée et bien conservée. Les documents symboliques sont en ivoire d’éléphant, derme ossifié de tortue, test d’œuf d’autruche, coquillage marin et ocre. / A multidisciplinary project at GLD1 cave in the Adrar Gueldaman ridge (Babors near Akbou/North Algeria) was initiated by CNRPAH in 2010. A Neolithic sequence covering the VIII-V millennia BP has been revealed (Sectors S2 and S3). The chronostratigraphic, climatic, economic and cultural contexts have been studied, leading to the definition of four archaeological units chronologically delimited using 28 14C dates on charcoal (cal BP): UA1 [7200-6500], UA2 [6500-530], UA3 [5000-4600], UA4 [4500-4200]. The paleoclimate for periods UA2 to UA4 was reconstructed using isotopic analysis (d13C and d18O) of two stalagmites (STM2 and STM4), demonstrating a correlation between climatic changes and the occupation of the cave. A prolonged drought at ca. 4400–3800 cal BP is supposed to be the responsible of cave abandonment shortly after ca. 4403 cal BP. The domestic fauna is composed of sheep and goat (UA1) and cattle (UA2). The slaughter profiles for the ovis/capra assemblages suggest a mixed meat/milk economy. Molecular and isotopic analysis of absorbed food residues from 140 pottery vessels confirms the exploitation of domesticated animals, for their carcass fats and their secondary products, e.g. dairy fats. Preliminary palaeobotanical results (10% of the remains studied) show that both wheat and barley were cultivated during the last unit (UA4). Vessels with conical bottoms were decorated by incision (UA1) or impression techniques without using cardium shell. Lithic tools have epipalaeolithic characteristics, but typical Neolithic ones such as arrowheads, scrapers, and saws are also present. The worked bone industry is exceptionally rich, diversified and well preserved. A large variety of well-preserved ornaments were crafted from elephant ivory, marine gastropod shells, bird bones, tortoise shells, and ostrich eggshell.

Algerian nationalism in the interwar period did not emerge via a simple progression, nor as a unitary awakening; it was a polyvocal and multivalent movement comprised of disparate Muslim Algerian, Jewish Algerian, and European voices. The outward appearance of a singular movement is due in no small part to the cooption and monopolization of nationalist discourse by the Islamic reformist organization, the Association des oulémas musulmans algériens (AOMA), and their followers, including the Muslim musician and playwright, Mahieddine Bachetarzi. Indeed, while AOMA clerics and affiliated historians created the exclusively Arab-Muslim story of Algerian history that prevails today, cultural figures like Bachetarzi were instrumental in disseminating and naturalizing the AOMA’s narrative in musical and literary works. By examining Bachetarzi’s life and work, and by engaging with his personal memoirs with unprecedented depth and rigor, this paper demonstrates both the ‘constructedness’ of Algerian nationalism and the importance of culture to nationalist messaging.

No description available.