Drawing on original research, this book offers the comprehensive portrait of the social and political structures of pre-colonial Kaybylia. It also challenges the influential writings of Ernest Gellner, and offers a different way to understand the complexities of contemporary Algerian politics.[...]

'It [Urban Regeneration] Should make life somewhat easier for practitioners and will offer a further stimulus to the development of taught courses in the not-so-gentle art of regeneration' - Urban Studies Providing students and practitioners with a detailed overview of the key theoretical and applie[...]