Corruption grew in step with the ruler-ruled gulf, deepening Algerian resentment

Evidence

The “sweetening” often descended to the level of sheer swindle; 100,000 to 200,000 francs for a Legion of Honour or a post of caid, which might never materialise; or a desert sheikh who would bully the government into digging at great expense artesian wells to provide poverty-stricken fellahs with a living — these would prove to be dry and investigation would reveal that the arid land had in fact been sold (again, at great expense) to the Government by the said sheikh. The capacity (and ingenuity) of the “cadi’s ear” seemed boundless; it increased hand in hand with the gulf between the French rulers and the ruled in Algeria — and so did resentment. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 99

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Post-independence Algeria’s influence abroad hid internal corruption and economic collapse. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 39; The national conflict canalized Algerian anger that had previously surfaced as common crime — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1241; French rule in Algeria steadily degraded its administrators relative to the governed population

Related

• Post-independence Algeria’s influence abroad hid internal corruption and economic collapse. (similarity 0.84)
• The national conflict canalized Algerian anger that had previously surfaced as common crime (similarity 0.81)
• Economic problems threatened even a visibly prosperous 1980s Algeria (similarity 0.80)
• French rule in Algeria steadily degraded its administrators relative to the governed population (similarity 0.79)
• Algeria’s oil nationalization triggered French economic retaliation (similarity 0.79)
• Post-independence Algeria’s economic planning badly damaged its agriculture and trade. (similarity 0.79)
• Rapidly shifting loyalties in wartime France weakened Algerian trust in any authority (similarity 0.78)
• French colonial administration was concentrated in Algiers while vast regions were under-administered (similarity 0.78)
• French metropolitan democracy attenuated, while colonial Algeria criminalized, dissent against empire. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The national conflict canalized Algerian anger that had previously surfaced as common crime #complicates (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1241
• French rule in Algeria steadily degraded its administrators relative to the governed population #qualifies (0.50)