The Making of the Tunisian Revolution: Contexts, Architects, Prospects

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From late 2010 to the present day, the Arab world has been through with insurrection and revolt. As a result, Tunisia is now seen as the unlikely birthplace and exemplar of the process of democratisation long overdue in the Arab world. Mixing political, historical, economic, social and cultural analyses and approaches, these essays reflect on the local, regional and transnational dynamics together with the long and short term factors that, when combined, set in motion the Tunisian revolution and the Arab uprisings. Above all, the book s the intertwined genealogies of cultural dissent that have contributed to the mobilisation of protesters and to the sustenance of protests between 17 December 2010 and 14 January 2011, and beyond. Table of Contents: Introduction Part I: Contexts: Roots of Discontent Under the Emperor's Neoliberal Clothes! Why the International Financial Institutions Got it Wrong in Tunisia Emma Murphy Playing the Islamic Card: The Use and Abuse of Religion in Tunisian Politics Kenneth Perkins United States Policy towards Tunisia since 1956: What New Engagement after an Expendable Friendship? Lofti Ben Rejeb 'Friends of Tunisia': French Economic and Diplomatic Support of Tunisian Authoritarianism Amy Aisen Kallander Part II: Architects: Genealogies of Dissent From Socio-Economic Protest to National Revolt: ping the Workers Origins of the Tunisian Revolution Sami Zemni The Powers of Social Media Tarek Kahlaoui Rethinking the Role of the Media in the Tunisian Uprising Rikke Hostrup Haugbolle Visions of Dissent, Voices of Discontent: Postcolonial Tunisian Film and Song Nouri Gana Part III: Prospects: The Postrevolutionary Moment From Resistance to Governance: The Category of Civility in the Political Theory of Tunisian Islamists, Nadia Marzouki Women's Rights before and after the Revolution Monica Marks The Rise of Salafism and the Future of Democratization Fabio Merone and Francesco Cavatorta The Fragile Tunisian Democracy-What Prospects for the Future Lise Storm Postscript: Preserving the Exemplar Nouri Gana