Algerian poverty and unemployment fuelled recruits for the Islamicist revolt
Evidence
All the time the economy suffered, leading to ever worse unemployment—one-third of the labour force, in a population well over three times that of 1954, produced by one of the world’s highest birthrates, and concentrated (in Algiers) in some of the world’s worst slums. All more incentives for bringing recruits to the revolt. By the end of 2001 at a rough estimate 100,000 Algerians had died—and 120 foreigners—with a cost to the economy running into billions of dollars. With strong US support, the Bouteflika regime has to some extent been successful in suppressing the Islamicist revolt, winning over the pious middle classes, and providing the Pentagon with a staunch ally in the war on terror—but at a questionable price in human rights. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 43
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Algerian land produced ever-diminishing returns while the Muslim population trebled; A French official survey documented mass unemployment and illiteracy among Algerian Muslims; Illiteracy and unemployment forced Algerian girls into early marriage — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 363 (+4 more)
Related
- A French official survey documented mass unemployment and illiteracy among Algerian Muslims (similarity 0.91)
- Roughly three million Algerian Muslims faced serious underemployment by 1955 (similarity 0.85)
- Algerian land produced ever-diminishing returns while the Muslim population trebled (similarity 0.85)
- Illiteracy and unemployment forced Algerian girls into early marriage (similarity 0.82)
- Overpopulation provides a fertile breeding ground for Fundamentalism in Algeria (similarity 0.82)
- French medical progress caused an Algerian population explosion that nullified economic reforms (similarity 0.80)
- Heavy-handed military reprisals in Algeria drove more Algerians to join the rebels. (similarity 0.80)
- Closing legal paths drove eight million Algerians toward violent resistance. (similarity 0.79)
- Demographic pressure rather than French presence produced Algerian misery (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Overpopulation provides a fertile breeding ground for Fundamentalism in Algeria
#expands(0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1696 - Demographic pressure rather than French presence produced Algerian misery
#corroborates(0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 346 - Roughly three million Algerian Muslims faced serious underemployment by 1955
#expands(0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 185 - Closing legal channels of protest pushed Algerians toward violent resistance.
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