ABSTRACT
Inheriting a past fraught with colonial trauma, revolutionary victory, and recent social conflict, Algeria is undergoing a period of change driven by a restive society hungry for political openness. Its challenge in the coming years entails not only reconciling the current contestation between popular mobilization and autocratic powerholders, but also kickstarting a torpid economy that must urgently generate more jobs and better opportunities, all the while navigating its dependence upon hydrocarbon rents.
