Berber Government
Subtitle: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-Colonial Algeria (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris; I.B. Tauris
Published: March 18, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781845112516
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Islamic Government; North Africa - History; History; Politics / Current Events; History: World; Algeria; Government - International; Political Science / Government / International; Africa - North; Government - Comparative; Islam - General
Description: Explores the political structures and processes of the Kabyles and also examines the organisation of the Kabyle polity and its intricate frameworks of law, political representation and self-government. Provides an in-depth historical explanation of the Kabyle polity as it existed at the moment of the French conquest of the region in 1857.