Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1 A Never-Ending Crisis? 1
5. 2 Struggles at the Heart of the State 32
6. 3 Cronies and Labyrinths 72
7. 4 Fragments of Order 110
8. 5 The Regulation of Freedoms 152
9. 6 The Crisis as a Lived Experience 190
10. 7 In Search of Lost Meaning 231
11. Coda 274
12. Acknowledgments 295
13. Appendix A: Methods of Inquiry 299
14. Appendix B: A Time Line for Bouteflika’s Algeria 301
15. Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations 305
16. Notes 309
17. Bibliography 357
18. Index 389