{"product_id":"managing-instability-in-algeria-1","title":"Managing Instability in Algeria","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis topical new book seeks to understand the relationship between elite dynamics and strategies and the lack of profound political change in Algeria after 1995, when the country’s military rulers returned to electoral processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing evidence from extensive fieldwork, Isabelle Werenfels exposes successful survival strategies of an opaque authoritarian elite in a changing domestic and international environment. The main focus is on:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe changing balance of power between different elite segments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe modes of generation change and the different emerging young elite types \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003econstraints, obligations and opportunities arising from elite embeddings in clienteles networks and in specific social and economic structures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding rare evidence from fieldwork into a multidisciplinary analytical framework, this book presents a significant input to the more general literature on transition processes and is particularly relevant as the West pushes for democratic reforms in the Middle East and North Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54245355389272,"sku":"9780415558860","price":61.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415558860.jpg?v=1769049914","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/managing-instability-in-algeria-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}