Algeria's tragic contradictions

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The roots of the Algerian crisis can be located in the contradictions of the regime structure and the politics evolving from it. The post liberation period saw a contradiction in the establishment of a double structure of state power, the army's legitimation power on the one hand and the executive power that propped the army, on the other. Democratization since 1989 led to contradictions such as executive powers' resort to corruption to gain loyalists in order to hide its nonexisting legitimacy and the attempt by the leaders to converge both legitimacies through electoral politics.

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The failure of third world nationalism

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Algeria is suffering greatly from the growing power of rival nationalized communities within its borders. The ideals of nationalism are being translated into violent rivalry between community groups. Religion, lineage and politics play no part in the fighting. Algeria cannot be classified as a nation until it has established a central authority or government.

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The cultural contradictions of Newt Gingrich

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Speaker of the US House of Representatives Newt Gingrich openly espouses populism and anti-elitist sentiments. However, the information-based society that he tries to promote is geared towards the advancement of the knowledgeable elite class. Evidently, Gingrich advocates contradictory views.

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