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This work analyses how the Arab uprisings, the sudden wave of leaderless protests that broke out in 2011, could produce regime change in a region until then characterized by authoritarian resilience. It investigates the factors that shaped the trajectories of the uprisings in four North African countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. Using an interactionist perspective, it analyzes the three stages of regime change and authoritarian resilience during this wave of uprisings.

During the late 20th century, many authoritarian Islamic states underwent a dramatic transition to democracy. This book examines the process of democratic reform in Islamic countries, the problems it throws up and the cultural ideas and practices that prevail. Concentrating in particular on Algeria, and based on on-the-ground research, Volpi offers an insight into the political history of the Algerian conflict and raises serious questions about the relationship between Islam and democracy on an international level. Addressing the problem of the radicalization of political Islam in the region, he suggests possible solutions to the security and foreign policy dilemmas linked to international terrorism. A bitter battle has been fought between the civil state and Islamic fundamentalists in Algeria since the 1980s. Its a paradigmatic "clash of civilizations" for some, whilst for others it's a distorted and local crisis in which "democratization" was introduced in a deeply authoritarian context. Looking in particular at the role of oil resources, which give Algeria great international geo-strategic and economic importance, Volpi explores Algeria's political transition - a story which continues to have immense political significance for other non-democratic Muslim countries. -- Back cover

La trajectoire du système de gouvernance algérien dans le contexte politique régional des révoltes arabes de 2011 montre la résilience d'un modèle autoritaire particulier issue des conflits des années 90. Ce modèle pseudo-démocratique construit sur la rente pétrolière, les réseaux de patronages politiques et sociaux, et l'appareil sécuritaire, maintien un équilibre autoritaire qui a permis au régime de survivre aux mouvements sociaux des révoltes arabes, mais qui reste fragile du fait de ses dynamiques internes.

"The political trajectories of the countries of the Maghreb have been more or less modified by the events of the Arab uprisings depending on the forms of legitimacy used by the regimes to survive over time. Different articulations of political cooptation, repression and patron-clients relations have emerged over time and they have been reshaped by the recent protests movements and their fall-out, either marginally (Algeria), partially (Morocco) or fundamentally (Tunisia)." (author's abstract)

Beyond idealistic notions of an 'Arab Spring' that would bring forth liberal democracies throughout the region, today there is a realization that many shades of gray remain in the (formal and informal) institutional orders after the uprisings.