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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819066503321

Autore

King Stephen J (Stephen Juan), <1961->

Titolo

Liberalization against democracy : the local politics of economic reform in Tunisia / / Stephen J. King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-253-10987-6

1-282-07212-9

0-253-10543-9

9786612072123

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Indiana series in Middle East studies

Disciplina

320.9611

Soggetti

Democracy - Tunisia

Local government - Tunisia

Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Tunisia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Liberalization against democracy -- Neo-liberal transformation in Tunisia -- Marketization and the retraditionalization of local politics -- Neo-traditionalism in Tebourba -- Structural adjustment and the small peasantry -- The politics of empowering the winners of economic reform.

Sommario/riassunto

In Liberalization against Democracy, Stephen J. King argues that, in contrast to prevailing views, pro-market economic reforms in Tunisia did not foster democratization.  Instead, state-led economic liberalization facilitated the reorganization of authoritarian rule and contributed to the subversion of democratic tendencies at both the national and local levels.  In addition to King's analysis of neo-liberal economic transformation and regime change at the national level, his book offers a rare local-level analysis of these processes, based on the author's extensive fieldwork in the rual comm