Algerian Political Crisis Analysis from 1992 to 1995

At least 30,000 lives were claimed by political strife from 1992 to 1994, with the number of victims rising through 1995. The text analyzes Algeria's flawed political transition from a single-party state, focusing on the conflict between Islamists, the military, and secular democrats following the annulled 1991 elections. It was authored by Robert A. Mortimer and sourced from the paperswithcode platform.

Use Cases

• Textual analysis of political conflict narratives based on the description of key actors (Islamists, soldiers, democrats).
• Modeling political transition failures based on the described flawed bargaining process among social forces.
• Studying the dynamics of civil war onset based on the described annulment of the 1991 parliamentary elections.
• Analyzing discourse on secularism versus fundamentalism based on the described societal divisions.

Strengths

• Analysis covers a specific, high-conflict period (1992-1995) with a cited casualty figure of at least 30,000.
• Focuses on a well-defined geopolitical and historical case (Algeria's Second War).
• Identifies specific political actors and factions involved in the crisis.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Robert A. Mortimer via paperswithcode

Time Range

Primary focus on events from 1989 to 1995, with historical context from 1954-1962.

Geography

Algeria