Agrarian Reform and the Development of Capitalist Agriculture in Algeria

The challenges and future of trade unionism in Algeria: a lost cause?

“…The newly independent Algeria aimed at building a socialist country but followed a path of "state capitalist" development (Farsoun, 1975;Lawless, 1984;Nellis, 1977Nellis, , 1980Pfeifer, 1983) in order to prepare the conditions for socialism with national economic independence first. Under state capitalism, the government owns the major means of production, and all enterprises, whether state-owned or private, compete with 7 each other in pursuit of profit maximization (Pfeifer, 1983).…”

“…Under state capitalism, the government owns the major means of production, and all enterprises, whether state-owned or private, compete with 7 each other in pursuit of profit maximization (Pfeifer, 1983). In Algeria, nationalisation of the means of production, which began after independence, accelerated in the middle of 1960s under the Boumedienne regime.…”

“…The class struggle with shared working class consciousness that fundamentally supported the Soviet and Chinese experiences failed to emerge in Algeria (Farsoun, 1975;Roberts, 1984). Instead, an opposition of management and wage labourers came to exist in each firm (Pfeifer, 1983). …”