Enacting and contesting citizenship in Algeria beyond the Hirak:The strategic uses of exit, voice and loyalty

This paper investigates the place of citizenship in Hirak protest movement with view to highlight strengths and weaknesses current modes being citizen an authoritarian regime Arab world. It identifies analyses tensions frictions that generate change strategies ruling elites social articulate implement their choices. In this perspective, we frame popular discontent resulted from candidature Bouteflika a fifth presidential mandate as case mobilization giving ‘voice’ new projects citizenship. We analyse key demands propositions strategy relation ‘loyalty’ counter-narratives its clients. Beyond attempt at revising civil political rights, also link these protesting experiences lived under authoritarianism how fuels ‘exit’ discounting formal