Democratization in the Arab World?: Algeria’s Uneasy Peace

Issue Date October 2002
Volume 13
Issue 4
Page Numbers 15-23
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While many obstacles to democracy gravely mar Algeria’s political life, the country’s trajectory still affords some grounds for guarded optimism.

About the Author

William B. Quandt is Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia. His books include Peace Process: American Diplomacy Toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967 (2001) and Between Ballots and Bullets: Algeria’s Transition from Authoritarianism (1998).

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