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

• Autore: King Stephen J (Stephen Juan), <1961->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.9611
• Soggetto topico: Democracy - Tunisia; Local government - Tunisia; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Tunisia
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Liberalization against democracy
• ISBN: 0-253-10987-6; 1-282-07212-9; 0-253-10543-9; 9786612072123
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784578003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Indiana series in Middle East studies.