Local (r)evolutions in Tunisia, 2011-2014: reconstructing municipal political authority
Date
01/06/2016Metadata
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In postrevolutionary Tunisia, local politics have played an important role in the reconstruction of political authority in the wake of regime change. Continuities of governance between the old and new regimes, the local emergence of new social and political actors, and the competition between new and old local actors, as well as between them and the central state, have challenged the authority of national institutions and elected officials. As national actors attempted to rein in local experiments with “direct democracy,” local politics generated resistance toward the Islamist-led Ennahda coalition.
Citation
Volpi , F , Merone , F & Loschi , C 2016 , ' Local (r)evolutions in Tunisia, 2011-2014: reconstructing municipal political authority ' , Middle East Journal , vol. 70 , no. 3 , pp. 365-381 . https://doi.org/10.3751/70.3.11
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Middle East Journal
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0026-3141Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2016 Middle East Institute. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.3751/70.3.11
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