POLI 340 Lecture 6: ALGERIA
6 Oct 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Under colonization, the natives suffered discrimination and were awarded full french citizenship only in the 1950s. The independence war killed hundreds of thousands and lasted 7,5 years. After independence, algeria embarked on a socialist path with one party rule and a state controlled economy - it tried with difficulty to convert to democracy and economic liberalism. The algerian regime is rooted in a populist ideology forged by a nationalist movement. Created the liberation national army which claimed independence but also equality and the fair distribution of wealth (embodied by boum di ne) Boumediene made an alliance with ben bella. Ben bella formed a government that would affirm a one-party system and state-controlled economy. Boumediene sought to implement economic and social development under the political supervision of the army - he also borrowed the rhetoric of radical arab nationalism. Boumedienes convictions had a profound impact on economic development. In 1971, he nationalized nearly 51% of french hydrocarbon companies.
