Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: POLITICAL ECONOMY: GENERAL AND SECTORAL INSIGHTS 1 Political Contexts and Economic Policy in Algeria: Some Theoretical Considerations and Problems 2 Algeria: Economic Structure, Performance and Policy, 1950–2000 3 Implications of Algeria’s WTO Accession 4 The Euro-Algerian Relationship: A Review of its Development 5 Economic Reforms and Foreign Direct Investment in Algeria 6 Algeria’s Agriculture: Policy Reforms and Achievements 7 Restructuring and Privatization in Algeria 8 The Algerian Capital Market: Investment Opportunities PART II: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES 9 The Dialectics of Algeria’s Foreign Relations, 1992 to the Present 10 Bouteflika and the Challenge of Political Stability 11 The 2002 Algerian Parliamentary Elections: Results and Significance 12 Demographic Transition, Population Trends and Social and Environmental Conditions in Algeria 13 The Algerian Immigrant Community in Europe