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Weilandt, Ragnar (2018) Socio-economic challenges to Tunisia’s democratic transition. European View, 17 (2). pp. 210-217. doi:10.1177/1781685818805681 ISSN 1781-6858.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1781685818805681
Abstract
Among those countries that faced the so-called Arab Spring in 2011, Tunisia is the last one for which hope for a successful democratic transition remains justified. However, the country’s comparatively favourable institutional evolution has led to a dangerous complacency not only in Europe but across the West. While important reforms have been implemented, democracy has so far failed to fulfil the high expectations it has raised within the population. Tunisians’ discontent with their living conditions and the new system’s perceived inability to deliver are fundamental threats to the country’s transition. This article argues that the EU has a major interest in making Tunisia a democratic and socio-economic success story, as failure would not only constitute a lost opportunity to create a role model in the region but would also jeopardise European security interests. The EU should therefore provide more substantial support with the aim of realising socio-economic improvements in Tunisia.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JQ Political institutions (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Democracy -- Tunísia, European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Tunísia, Arab Spring, 2010- | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | European View | ||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1781-6858 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 October 2018 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 17 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 210-217 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/1781685818805681 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 March 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 29 March 2019 |
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