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Algeria: oil and public opinion

Rivetti, Paola and Cavatorta, Francesco ORCID: 0000-0003-2249-1392 (2017) Algeria: oil and public opinion. In: Øverland, Indra ORCID: 0000-0002-5955-4759, (ed.) Public Brainpower. Civil Society and Natural Resource Management. Palgrave McMillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 23-40. ISBN 978-3-319-60627-9

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Abstract

Hydrocarbon revenues have long played a central role in Algeria, where the non-transparent circumstances of their redistribution have enabled the government to survive the Arab Spring and remain in power despite the socio-economic problems affecting the country. This chapter observes that public debate and repression of public dissent co-exist, while oil and gas revenues are used to co-opt and repress demands for reform voiced by civil society. Open discussion, especially concerning the need for economic diversification, is permitted because it is not seen as particularly dangerous to the regime and because civil society activism has limited impact on decision-making. Although civil society is not able to generate major institutional change at the national level, research institutes, opposition parties, media outlets, some institutional actors and ordinary citizens are increasingly contributing to and shaping the public debate over how oil and gas rents are to be used.

Item Type:Book Section
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Oil, resource curse, democracy, civil society, Algeria
Subjects:Social Sciences > Political science
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government
Publisher:Palgrave McMillan
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-319-60627-9_2
Copyright Information:© The Author(s) 2018
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:23176
Deposited On:12 Apr 2019 08:25 by Paola Rivetti . Last Modified 14 Sep 2021 09:50

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