Research Catalog

Title

A history of Algeria / James McDougall (University of Oxford).

Author

McDougall, James, 1974-

Publication

• Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
• ©2017

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Description

xvi, 432 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

The EU and China are often characterised as parties whose bilateral political differences remain too large to bridge, so that they have failed to convert rhetorical promises into tangible results of cooperation, particularly with regards to the international security. Yet in terms of their bilateral interaction on security risk management in Africa; EU and Chinese naval officers jointly brought down the number of Somali pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden and to a lesser extent were involved in seeking a resolution to the lingering conflict in Darfur. This book asks how we can make sense as a whole of this relatively sudden shift in regards to the dealings between their respective officials on the topic of security risk management. It argues that the outcomes of Sino-European bilateral dealings on are above all determined by the ability/inability of these officials to build political trust as a complex and cognitive social phenomenon. Consequently, the book applies an innovative conceptual framework on political trust to explain why EU and Chinese officials bridged their 'endemic' political differences to cooperate on Somali piracy but were unable to do so when it came to their interaction on Darfur. To conclude, it examines the longer term impact of this bilateral trust-building process by covering more recent examples of engagement in Libya and Mali and aims to show that although this trust-building process may be case specific, ramifications may go beyond the realm of their dealings on security matters in Africa, to impact wider issues of international security. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of African and Chinese politics, EU politics, security and maritime studies, and more broadly of international relations and to governmental actors.--Publisher's summary.

Subjects

• Algeria > Civilization
• Algeria > Social conditions
• Algeria > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-417) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Ecologies, societies, cultures and the state, 1516-1830 -- Conquest, resistance and accommodation, 1830-1911 -- The means of domination, 1830-1944 -- The politics of loyalty and dissent, 1912-1942 -- Revolution and civil war, 1942-1962 -- The unfinished revolution, 1962-1992 -- The fragile and resilient country, 1992-2012 -- Afterword : in the shadow of revolution.

Call Number

JFE 17-8054

ISBN

• 0521851645
• 9780521851640
• 0521617308
• 9780521617307

OCLC

966850065

Author

McDougall, James, 1974- author.

Title

A history of Algeria / James McDougall (University of Oxford).

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-417) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 17-8054