Algeria in Transition: Reforms and Development Prospects

304 Pages·2004·1.88 MB·English

by  Redha. M Bougherira

ALGERIA IN TRANSITION
ROUTLEDGECURZON STUDIES IN MIDDLE
EASTERN POLITICS
ALGERIA IN TRANSITION
REFORMS AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS
Edited by Ahmed Aghrout with Redha M.Bougherira
Algeria in Transition
Reforms and Development Prospects
Edited by
AHMED AGHROUT
(with Redha M.Bougherira)
University of Salford
Foreword by
PROFESSOR JOHN KEIGER
University of Salford

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To the most cherished memory of my grandmother
FATMA

Contents

Notes on Contributors ix
Foreword by Professor John Keiger xii
Preface xiv
Figures and Tables xv
Abbreviations and Acronyms xvii

Introduction 1

PART I: POLITICAL ECONOMY: GENERAL AND SECTORAL INSIGHTS

1 Political Contexts and Economic Policy in Algeria: Some Theoretical 9
Considerations and Problems
Kay Adamson
2 Algeria: Economic Structure, Performance and Policy, 1950–2000 34

Michael Hodd
3 Implications of Algeria’s WTO Accession 62

Salah Salhi
4 The Euro-Algerian Relationship: A Review of its Development 77

Cherif Begga and Kamel Abid
5 Economic Reforms and Foreign Direct Investment in Algeria 91

Hakim Meliani, Ahmed Aghrout and Ammar Ammari
6 Algeria’s Agriculture: Policy Reforms and Achievements 106

Ahmed Aghrout
7 Restructuring and Privatization in Algeria 124

Ahmed Aghrout, Mohamed Bouhezza and Khaled Sadaoui
8 The Algerian Capital Market: Investment Opportunities 139

Mahfoud Djebbar

PART II: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES

9 The Dialectics of Algeria’s Foreign Relations, 1992 to the Present 154

Yahia H.Zoubir
10 Bouteflika and the Challenge of Political Stability 185

Robert Mortimer
11 The 2002 Algerian Parliamentary Elections: Results and Significance 200

Ahmed Aghrout
12 Demographic Transition, Population Trends and Social and Environmental 213
Conditions in Algeria
Keith Sutton and Salah Zaimeche
13 The Algerian Immigrant Community in Europe 238

Salah Mezdour

Index 253
Notes on Contributors
Kamel Abid is a postgraduate student in the Faculty of Economics and Management,
University of Sétif. His research topic is on Euro-Algerian relations with a special
focus on the ongoing partnership policy.
Kay Adamson is a lecturer in sociology in the School of Law and Social Sciences at
Glasgow Caledonian University. Previously she taught sociology at the University of
Sunderland. She has published two books: Political and Economic Thought and
Practice in Nineteenth-century France and the Colonization of Algeria (2002) and
Algeria: A Study in Competing Ideologies (1998). She contributed to Francophone
Studies: The Essential Glossary (2002) and has published in the Journal of Algerian
Studies. She also teaches on contemporary issues of nationalism, migration, racism and
Islam in Europe and in the field of social justice.
Ahmed Aghrout is a research fellow of the European Studies Research Institute,
University of Salford. He specializes in the politics and economics of North Africa and
Euro-Maghreb relations. He has published articles in several journals, including The
Journal of Modern African Studies, Canadian Journal of African Studies, British
Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, International Politics, European Foreign Affairs
Review, The Maghreb Review and The European Union Review. He is the author of
From Preferential Status to Partnership—The Euro-Maghreb Relationship (2000). He
has also contributed to the Encydopaedia of Modern Political Biography (1999) and
the Encydopaedia of African History (2004).
Ammar Ammari is professor of economics and chair of the Scientific Council in the
Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Sétif. He holds a PhD in
economics from the University of Odessa, Ukraine. He has conducted various research
studies on economic policies and reforms in Algeria. His articles have appeared in
journals such as Arab Economic Journal and Revue des Sciences Humaines. He is also
the author of a recent book on micro-economics (2003).
Cherif Begga is professor of economics in the Faculty of Economics and Management,
University of Sétif. He holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Paris 1
(Panthéon-Sorbonne). He has conducted research on Algeria’s political economy and
his articles have been published in Arab Economic Journal, Revue Tawassol and La
Revue Algérienne des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et Politiques, among other
journals.
Redha Bougherira earned his PhD from the University of Salford. He specializes in
Algeria’s domestic politics and external relations. He has conducted extensive research
and presented several papers on these topics at various conferences.
Mohamed Bouhezza is a reader in the Faculty of Economics and Management,
University of Sétif. He received his doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia
Antipolis, France. His current research focus is on the public sector enterprises. His