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Cartelization, Neoliberalism, and the Foreclosure of the Jasmine Revolution: Democracy’s Troubles in Tunisia

In: Middle East Law and Governance
Author:
Colin Powers Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies cpower15@jhu.edu

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02 May 2019
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While frequently hailed as the sole success story of the Arab Uprisings, the consolidation of Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution has in fact proven deeply problematic. This paper will argue that the frailty of Tunisia’s democratic present is a direct function of liberal democratization, specifically implicating this practice of democratization in the hollowing and cartelization of the political system. In insulating policymaking within a host of nocturnal councils, I will argue that liberal democratization has purposefully obstructed the translation of popular preferences into policy outcomes, thereby preventing the Tunisian people from realizing the social democracy they so clearly desire.

Title:
Cartelization, Neoliberalism, and the Foreclosure of the Jasmine Revolution: Democracy’s Troubles in Tunisia
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/18763375-01101003
Language:
English
Pages:
1–37
Keywords:
Democratization; neoliberalism; Islamism
In:
Middle East Law and Governance
In:
Volume 11: Issue 1
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1876-3375
Print ISSN:
1876-3367
Subjects:
Islamic Law, Middle East and Islamic Studies

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