Thesis--Université de Lyon. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 680-696) and index.

Thesis--Université de Lyon. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 680-696) and index.

Inaug.-dis.--Leipzig. / "Des allerdurchleuchtigisten und grosmechtigsten kaysers Karoli des Fünfften kriegszug in Aphricam für Algier, durch den gestrengen ritter und rodiser Herrn Nicolaum Villagnon, gebornen Frantzosen, gründtlich beschriben. Aus dem latein verteutscht, durch Martinum Menradum licenciaten. Neuburgi Danubij. M, D, XLVI.": p. [51]-75.

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The fact that it took so long, in spite of successive waves of invaders and spirited yet sporadic resistance, to fashion a united national front, points out an anomaly in Algerian society: a divided identity. It took a cruel French occupation, the incompetence of colonial authorities, and the infiltration of European nationalist ideology to fashion a united front, but it was only a front, for immediately after independence, the unity was shown to be a temporary one. / The Berber majority found itself excluded, both culturally and politically, from the new Algerian state. Strangers in their own land, Berbers were faced with a new, more insidious colonialism: Arabization.

In 1992, Algeria's government held its first ever democratic elections. With the Front Islamique du Salut poised to win the elections overwhelmingly, the Algerian military cancelled the democratic process and imposed military rule. Soon afterward, Algeria plunged into a civil war that claimed upward of 100,000 lives. Despite very significant popular support for the Islamist insurgency aiming to violently overthrow the Algerian government, the insurgency ultimately failed. Why? This paper will argue that while structural and actor-oriented approaches to understanding revolution are certainly important, they focus inadequate attention on contingencies that arise during a conflict, which in turn, affect structural and actor-oriented variables. Furthermore, a process-level approach enables us to factor in actor-oriented and structural variables dynamically, and is necessary to understanding the ultimate failure of the Islamist insurgency in Algeria.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--City University (London, England), 1990. / "DX-95400." eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 412-428).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--City University (London, England), 1990. / "DX-95400." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 412-428).