The Arab Spring’s influence on the Maghreb has been piecemeal and partial. In Tunisia, the Ben Ali regime was overthrown in a fortnight enabling the country to redraft its constitution and hold multi-party elections. ... more abstractThe Arab Spring’s influence on the Maghreb has been piecemeal and partial. In Tunisia, the Ben Ali regime was overthrown in a fortnight enabling the country to redraft its constitution and hold multi-party elections. While in Algeria, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika recently won an unprecedented fourth term in office despite being too ill to stand or campaign. What explains these varied experiences? Why did Ben Ali’s regime fall and Bouteflika’s survive? Why has Morocco not gone the same way as Tunisia? And what of Mauritania, the oft forgotten and frequently ignored other Maghreb country? This book addresses these and other questions by using Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way’s (2010) celebrated model for explaining democratisation to analyse and compare Morocco’s, Algeria’s, Tunisia’s and Mauritania’s political development over the past 10 years.

Middle East Studies, North Africa Studies, Mediterranean Studies, Maghreb studies, Arab Spring (Arab Revolts), and 1 more

Oil and gas, Failed States, Nigeria, State Failure, Niger Delta, and 1 more

Nationalism And State Building, Maghreb studies, Algeria, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, French colonial Algeria, and 2 more

Sufism, Nigeria, Counter terrorism, Counter Radicalization, Boko Haram, and 4 more

Nigeria, National Security, Boko Haram, conflict in Northern Nigeria, and The Role of Nigeria in Peace Building, Conflict Resolution

As Abdelaziz Bouteflika begins his fourth term as Algeria’s president, questions persist over his regime’s survival. Why has it endured while those of Tunisia’s Ben Ali and Libya’s Qaddafi have not? What has Bouteflik... more abstractAs Abdelaziz Bouteflika begins his fourth term as Algeria’s president, questions persist over his regime’s survival. Why has it endured while those of Tunisia’s Ben Ali and Libya’s Qaddafi have not? What has Bouteflika done differently? What sets Algeria apart? The aim of this paper is to address these questions by using Steven Levitsky’s and Lucan Way’s (2010) celebrated model for explaining democratisation to chart and examine Algeria’s links to European and North American countries, the amount of leverage Western governments have over Algiers, and the Bouteflika regime’s organisational strength. The paper concludes that Europe and North America have little appetite and only limited means to press Algeria to democratise and that the regime possesses strong coercive capabilities. Together, these factors have helped ensure Bouteflika’s survival.

Comparative Politics, Morocco, Democracy, Maghreb studies, Libya, and 4 more

Nigeria, Boko Haram, Northern Nigeria, Tijaniyya, and British Colonial Rule Nigeria

Algerian War (History), Algerian Independence War, Algeria, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, French colonial Algeria, and 1 more

Morocco, Democracy, Maghreb studies, Islamism, and Algeria

African Studies, Africa, Nigeria, and Private Military and Security Companies

Sierra Leone, Peacekeeping, Nigeria, Liberia, Liberia Civil War, and 1 more

Middle East & North Africa, North Africa Studies, Morocco, Maghreb studies, Libya, and 2 more

Algeria and Contemporary Algeria

Failed States, Algeria, State Failure, and role of World Bank and IMF in international politics

National Identity, Algerian War (History), Algeria: language and national identity, Algeria, French colonial Algeria, and 1 more

Algeria and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Nigeria, Terrorism in Nigeria, and Human Rights and Counter-terrorism In Nigeria

Nigeria, State Failure, and Boko Haram

Nigeria, Algeria, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Boko Haram, and Northern Nigeria

Africa, Maghreb studies, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Arab Spring (Arab Revolts), and Arab Awakening

Nigeria, Boko Haram, conflict in Northern Nigeria, and Northern Nigeria