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The Fertility Revolution of the Arab Countries Following the Arab Spring

Middle East Policy, Volume 30, Issue 4, Page 26-41, Winter 2023., 2023
Abstract While the Arab Spring was primarily a revolution of young civilians against the old regimes, its influence on fertility patterns and natalist policies has not received sufficient attention. The first part of this article examines fertility in Arab countries on the eve of the uprisings, and the second looks into the patterns from the decade ...
Onn Winckler
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Pandemic Effects: COVID‐19 and the Crisis of Development in the Middle East

Development and Change, Volume 53, Issue 6, Page 1308-1334, November 2022., 2022
ABSTRACT This article explores the effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on socio‐economic development and political mobilization in the Middle East. It argues that beyond its direct public health implications, the pandemic is serving to intensify the extreme differences in wealth and power that have characterized the region for many years.
Adam Hanieh, Rafeef Ziadah
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Strategic Choices: How Conservative Women Activists Remained Active throughout Tunisia's Democratic Transition

Sociological Forum, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page 836-855, September 2022., 2022
Gender politics scholars conclude that conservatives and religious actors curtail women's rights and political participation during a democratic transition, except in post‐conflict contexts. Yet, this was not the case in Tunisia. This article documents how Islamist women activists remained active throughout the democratic transition in Tunisia. I argue
Maro Youssef
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Reevaluating Islamist electoral success and participation in government

Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 170-184, Summer 2022., 2022
Abstract Under what conditions will Islamist parties perform well in elections and what happens to the political regime should they gain political power? The canonical hypothesis—“one man, one vote, one time”—argues that Islamist parties are likely to perform well whenever elections become free and that their electoral success is likely to lead to a ...
Justin Curtis
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Political consensus, economic reforms, and democratic transitions in the Middle East: Evidence from voting on Tunisian reform bills

Politics &Policy, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 851-871, August 2022., 2022
Abstract This study investigates the role of political consensus in accelerating economic reforms and finds a significant negative effect of political consensus on the speed of reform votes in the parliament in Tunisia. We analyze the number of days until a reform bill was adopted in parliament to identify the causal effect of the consensus on ...
Nizar Jouini, Manel Ben Akal
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Between affordable welfare and affordable food: Internationalized food subsidy reforms in Egypt and Tunisia

Social Policy &Administration, Volume 55, Issue 6, Page 1050-1065, November 2021., 2021
Abstract The public subsidization of food is an important element of North African welfare states, guaranteeing access to affordable nutrition and maintaining food security even in times of economic downturns. Since the 1970s, universal food subsidy schemes have come under growing international pressure, and North African countries have selectively ...
Kressen Thyen, Roy Karadag
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5. CONTROVERSIAL CHRONOLOGIES: THE TEMPORAL DEMARCATION OF HISTORIC EVENTS

History and Theory, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 134-149, March 2021., 2021
ABSTRACT In everyday language and in historiography, influential events are commonly described as “historic” but are rarely defined from a theoretical standpoint. Discussing temporal demarcations of events by scholars—in particular William H. Sewell Jr.'s foundational study of the Storming of the Bastille—this article considers the contemporary urge to
ANNA KARLA
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In the Tunisian Opposition (Again): Ennahda's ‘Renaissance’ Through Failure?

Middle East Policy, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 106-124, Winter 2024.
Abstract Tunisian President Kais Saied's coup in July 2021 has confronted the Renaissance Party, or Ennahda, with a dilemma: Reassume the comfortable position of defending freedoms and maintain party unity, or implement internal reforms, including an overhaul of its leadership and platform. But the party is trapped in a vicious circle.
Théo Blanc
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Islamic Medievalism and Mobility in Mathias Énard's Street of Thieves

Literature Compass, Volume 21, Issue 10-12, October-December 2024.
ABSTRACT Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring uprisings, Jihadist extremism, and the neoliberal exploitation of the Global South, Mathias Énard's 2012 novel Street of Thieves (Rue des voleurs) follows the fortunes of Lakhdar, a young man from Tangier who finds himself living as an undocumented migrant in Barcelona's notorious Carrer d’En Robador,
Louise D'Arcens
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From Visible to Invisible: Tunisia’s Gendered Democracy Paradox [PDF]

, 2013
This paper will argue that secular Tunisian women have faced a unique set of challenges to accessing formal political power since 2011, indicating a disconnect between the dominant image of Tunisia and the reality of the post-revolutionary state and ...
Petkanas, Zoe
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