Research Paper on:
Algeria and Nationalism

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general, and how it relates to the African nation of Algeria in particular. Bibliography lists 6 sources. SNAlgnat.doc Nationalism in Algeria Research Compiled for The Paper  Store, Enterprises Inc. By Susan A. Nelson - September 2001 paper properly!  With recurring frequency, nationalism is maligned as a movement that is somewhat sinister -- leading ultimately to disintegration and mass violence. Moreover, to the Western media it  is the stability-threatening force that causes governments to fall. However, a better understanding of nationalism is necessary in order to appreciate and realistically evaluate its true role in world  politics in general, and how it relates to the African nation of Algeria in particular. Most Algerians are of mixed Arab and Berber descent. However, the people form two  distinct cultural groups -- Arab and Berber. Each group has its own customs and language, but nearly all Algerians are Muslims -- that is, followers of Islam. This essay  examines the history of nationalism and its subsequent progression in Algeria. Nationalism is a complex phenomenon that is not always immediately easy to  grasp. In essence, for those to whom it can be ascribed, it is as a broad-based ideological viewpoint that affects all aspects of ones every day political, cultural, economic and  social life. As author, Anthony D. Smith describes it in Nationalism in the Twentieth Century, it is "...the ideological movement for the attainment and maintenance of autonomy, cohesion,  and individuality for a social group, some of whose members conceive it to be an actual or potential nation" (Smith, 1998). Hence, in accordance with this