From spring to summer? Revolutionary change in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya [PDF]
, 2013 This article offers an analysis of the early stages of the revolutions that have been taking place in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. Here we consider the early stages of the revolutions from winter 2010-11 up until the summer of 2012 and offers a comparative ...
El-Anis, I, Hamed, A
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Tunisia in turmoil: how should the EU react? [PDF]
, 2013 The assassination of the opposition leader in Tunisia exposed the underlying divisions between members of the ruling classes, between those in and outside of government, between religious groupings and secularists, and between the coastal areas and the ...
Garnizova, Elitsa, Kostanyan, Hrant
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The New Islamists: pluralism and minorities? [PDF]
, 2012 In his analysis of Islamist governance on pluralism and minorities Fawaz A. Gerges concludes this special series of posts commissioned by LSE IDEAS exploring Islamism and the Arab Spring.
Gerges, Fawaz A.
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The EU's engagement with 'moderate' political Islam: the case of Ennahda [PDF]
, 2017 This paper focuses on the European Union’s engagement – or lack thereof – with Islamist political parties in North Africa following the Arab uprisings. By delving into the case of Tunisia’s Ennahda, it shows that the party’s growing moderation trajectory
Colombo, Silvia, Voltolini, Benedetta
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Democracy: History of a Crisis Without End [PDF]
, 2016 Over the last years it has been increasingly discussed about the crisis of democracy, a process that does not only concern the new realities, but also and perhaps more surprisingly the Western world.
CILENTO, Marco, Claudio, FOLITI, CLAUDIO
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Repugnancy in the Arab World [PDF]
, 2012 “Repugnancy clauses” -- those constitutional provisions that, in language that varies from nation to nation, require legislation to conform to some core conception of Islam -- are all the rage these days. This clause, a relatively recent addition to many
Hamoudi, Haider Ala
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Eternity Clauses in Post-Conflict and Post-Authoritarian Constitution-Making: Promise and Limits [PDF]
, 2017 The literature on entrenchment as a means to achieve constitutional endurance has grown in recent years, as has the scholarship on unamendable provisions as a mechanism intended to safeguard the constitutional project.
Suteu, S
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Social Rights in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia: Is a Consensus-driven Policy Still on The table? EUSpring Policy Brief/Citizenship Review No. 17, June 2016 [PDF]
, 2016 The immolation of street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi and the demonstrations that followed in December 2010 triggered the Tunisian revolution. But there were more deep-seated issues at stake: unemployment, poverty and exclusion, coupled with a deep sense of ...
Chaabane, Tarek Ben
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Tunisian Women\u27s Activism after the January 14 Revolution: Looking within and towards the Other Side of the Mediterranean [PDF]
, 2014 Tunisia is widely considered to be the country in which the current round of major upheavals in North Africa and the Middle East began. This paper explores the most prominent instances of women’s activism which have taken place in Tunisia in the time ...
Daniele, Giulia
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Civil society, Islamism and democratisation: the case of Morocco [PDF]
, 2006 The positive role that an active civil society plays in processes of democratisation is often highlighted in the literature. However, when it comes to the Middle East and North Africa, such activism is considered to be detrimental to democratisation ...
Cavatorta, Francesco
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