Research: (Provisional) Elites and ruling classes in Algeria during the years of postcolonial socialism. A study on trade union movements and technocrats in peripheral state-capitalist formations
Ph.D. candidate in Civilizations of Asia and Africa (Arabic, Iranian and Islamic Studies curriculum) with a research project titled (provisional), "Elites and ruling classes in Algeria during the years of postcolonial socialism. A study on trade union movements and technocrats in peripheral state-capitalist formations "
I received my Bachelor's Degree in Historical Sciences from La Sapienza di Roma in 2019 with a thesis titled "Identity and Boundaries in Central Asia in Light of the Soviet Revolution" and my Master's Degree in Historical Sciences from La Sapienza di Roma in 2022 with a thesis titled "Postcolonial Algeria and Independent Development. Strategies of state capitalism in the 1960s and 1970s."
My research project focuses on the historical-sociological analysis of the main features of two subsections of the Algerian political elites/ruling classes in the 1960s and 1970s: the trade union leaders of the single national union of the time (UGTA) and the managers of the public sector of the economy.
My research aims to determine the extent to which the subjective characteristics of these two politico-professional groups (education, political socialization, political ideology) and their mutual interactions within the context of the state-owned enterprises of the period (National Companies) contributed to shaping the quality of the socialist policies undertaken by the State or, at least, their practical implementation.
At the disciplinary level, my interests are mainly in political history, historical sociology, political science, and political economy.
I'm keen on global and transnational phenomena, which I prefer to study through the lens of non-European and postcolonial societies.
Specifically, my studies focus on the role and mutual interrelationships of the state, social classes, and society in the Arab regional system, the MENA region, and postcolonial statehoods in general.