France and Algeria

by Naylor, Phillip C.

• ISBN13: 9780813018010
• ISBN10: 0813018013
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida

Summary

Phillip Naylor describes the extraordinary bilateral relationship between France and Algeria, countries which -- after 132 years of colonialism and a brutal war of independence -- have attempted to fashion a new relationship based on "mutual respect".

Beginning with a review of the colonial period up to 1958, Naylor examines the various dramas that have distinguished bilateral relations since independence: the Evian Accords of March 1962, the substitution of cooperation for colonialism, the nationalization of the hydrocarbons sector in 1971, and the Fitna, Algeria's violent "trial" of itself as a nation during the '90s.

Recognizing many contradictions and complexities in the period of "postcolonial decolonization", Naylor melds philosophy, economics, sociology, political science, and literary criticism into his historical narrative. Readers will find an impressive range of subject matter and methodologies brought to bear on the evolving relations of power, perception, and identity between the two states.

In the voluminous literature covering France's rela

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Tables	xi
Preface	xiii
Abbrevations	xvii
Prologue	1	(4)
French-Algerian Colonial Relations, 1830--1958	5	(18)
The Political Decolonization of Algeria and the Evian Accords, 1958--1962	23	(24)
Independence with Interdependence, 1962--1965	47	(27)
The Decline and Demise of Privileged Cooperation, 1965--1971	74	(27)
Turning the Page, 1972--1980	101	(35)
Redressing the Relationship, 1981--1988	136	(28)
Algeria's ``Second Revolution'' and France, 1988--1992: From the October Riots to the Fitna	164	(25)
The Fitna, 1992--1994: From the Annulment of the Parliamentary Elections to the Air France Hijacking	189	(27)
The Fitna, 1995--1998: From the Sant'Egidio Agreement	216	(36)
Mirrors and Mirages, 1958--1998: Reflections, Refractions, and Representations	252	(34)
Conclusion	286	(5)
Notes	291	(98)
Selected Bibliography	389	(40)
Index	429