Farida Mekidech

The paradox of industrial sovereignty: Global franchise reconfiguration and the Zara episode as a diagnostic window, socio-economic equilibria and Algeria as the backbone of African co-development

This article examines Algeria’s attempt to convert a rentier trade structure into a selectively embedded industrial economy. It situates that attempt within a four-phase historical periodisation (1962–1986, 1986–1999, 2000–2019, 2019–2026) that demonstrates the durability of the...