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Pacted Democracy in the Middle EastTunisian Pacting and Islamist–Secularist Compromise

Pacted Democracy in the Middle East: Tunisian Pacting and Islamist–Secularist Compromise [This chapter unpacks the political crises and pacting process that typified the Tunisian experience during 2011–2014, after the Jasmine Revolution deposed the regime of Ben ‘Ali. It traces how the return of the Islamist Ennahda movement collided with counterclaims to political power made by leftist and liberal forces, as well as remnants of the old authoritarian order. This non-Islamist opposition initially included the CPR and Ettakatol, and later shifted to new movements like Nidaa Tounes. The chapter traces how breakdowns of understanding between these two sides nearly toppled the post-revolutionary democracy at several points, raising the specter of civil violence. However, amidst conditions of extreme polarization, parity of power, and normative diversity, these ideological rivals were able to bargain toward stable compromises. Those compromises required that each surrender vital claims and privileges previously seen as unassailable, such as constitutional demands about religion and translating electoral victories into complete monopolies of power. The only alternative, the chapter shows, was political stalemate with the dark potential for something far worse. The analysis hence shows that while Tunisian democracy did not consolidate after 2015, it began in considerably fortuitous conditions.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Pacted Democracy in the Middle EastTunisian Pacting and Islamist–Secularist Compromise

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Alaoui, Hicham
Pacted Democracy in the Middle East — May 18, 2022
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-030-99239-2
Pages
151 –205
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-99240-8_5
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[This chapter unpacks the political crises and pacting process that typified the Tunisian experience during 2011–2014, after the Jasmine Revolution deposed the regime of Ben ‘Ali. It traces how the return of the Islamist Ennahda movement collided with counterclaims to political power made by leftist and liberal forces, as well as remnants of the old authoritarian order. This non-Islamist opposition initially included the CPR and Ettakatol, and later shifted to new movements like Nidaa Tounes. The chapter traces how breakdowns of understanding between these two sides nearly toppled the post-revolutionary democracy at several points, raising the specter of civil violence. However, amidst conditions of extreme polarization, parity of power, and normative diversity, these ideological rivals were able to bargain toward stable compromises. Those compromises required that each surrender vital claims and privileges previously seen as unassailable, such as constitutional demands about religion and translating electoral victories into complete monopolies of power. The only alternative, the chapter shows, was political stalemate with the dark potential for something far worse. The analysis hence shows that while Tunisian democracy did not consolidate after 2015, it began in considerably fortuitous conditions.]

Published: May 18, 2022

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