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The challenge of Jihadist radicalisation. In Europe and beyond. 2017 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Today Europe finds itself on the frontline in the fight against terrorism and jihadist radicalisation. Over the past fourteen months, the horrendous terrorist attacks that have taken place in France, Germany and Belgium, as well as in Turkey, Tunisia ...
Abbas, Tahir   +12 more
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Social media and protest mobilization: evidence from the Tunisian revolution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article explores how social media acted as a catalyst for protest mobilization during the Tunisian revolution in late 2010 and early 2011.
Aday Sean   +30 more
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Eternity Clauses in Post-Conflict and Post-Authoritarian Constitution-Making: Promise and Limits [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Salafist mouvance and sheikh-ism in the Tunisian democratic transition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The working paper examines the complexity of Tunisian Salafism and its role in the process of transition to democracy the country is experiencing. Building on primary sources and original field work, the article highlights the theoretical and practical ...
Cavatorta, Francesco, Merone, Fabio
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Domestic Security in the Maghreb: Deficits and Counter-Measures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Terrorism and crime, particularly organised crime with its close links to terrorism, currently constitute the greatest challenges to the domestic security of the Maghreb states Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Mauretania.
Mattes, Hanspeter
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Tunisia: democracy and Islam in post-Arab Spring politics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Since the ousting of the former regime and the first free and fair elections in 2011 in Tunisia, political Islamist parties have been in the majority. The ruling party did not have a mandate, which necessitated concessions.
Shults, Mary E
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Trauma as counter-revolutionary colonisation: narratives from (post)revolutionary Egypt [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
We argue that multiple levels of trauma were present in Egypt before, during and after the 2011 revolution. Individual, social and political trauma constitute a triangle of traumatisation which was strategically employed by the Egyptian counter ...
Alexander J C   +22 more
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MODEL COUNTRIES IN POLITICAL ANALYSIS. Is Turkey a Model for State-Building in the Arab World? Jean Monnet Occasional Paper No. 10/2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This study analyzes the Turkish case as a model country for the state-building processes in the Arab world in the aftermath of the Arab revolts that took place in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.
Dikici Bilgin, Hasret, Güney, Aylin
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The World Our Grandchildren Will Inherit: The Rights Revolution and Beyond [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Following on Keynes’s Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren, this paper develops conjectures about the world we will leave to our grandchildren.
Acemoglu, Daron
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