Anne Wolf
Biographic Data
| ID | 3965122 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anne Wolf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anne |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolf |
| SIGNATURE | WOLF A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Girton College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4060-4004 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 97 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Religion, Crisis, and the Reconfiguration of Political Order
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Gender, Sexuality and the Politics of Positionality in Political Science
Inequality, Redistribution, and the Global Surge in Populism
Political Science in the Afterlife of Empire
Technology, Non-State Actors and the Crisis of Liberal Governance
Democratization and Taxation in the Global South
How Erroneous Beliefs Trigger Authoritarian Collapse
Why was the longtime Tunisian ruler Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali ousted on January 14, 2011? Prevailing theories focus on popular mobilization, grievances, and the role of the army to explain the collapse of the authoritarian regime. I evaluate these arguments in light of new empirical evidence, which shows that they are insufficient to explain Ben Ali’s ousting. Analyzing key decisional moments and counterfactual scenarios, I propose that the regime …
Bringing the state back in
Scholars have mostly investigated the fall of dictatorships during the Arab Uprisings through the lens of contentious politics, uncovering new information about the protest dynamics and how they spread both within countries and throughout the wider region. However, the longer structural vulnerabilities within regimes have received little attention; yet such factors internal to states and their regimes proved paramount to the social revolutions in…
Rumors, Propaganda, and Conspiracies
Ben Ali's Tunisia
Abstract Based on a wealth of new primary data, Anne Wolf offers the first account of the internal regime factors that—so she demonstrates—ultimately caused the fall of the longtime dictatorship of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia during the Arab Uprisings, challenging studies focusing on the role of mass mobilization alone. She shows that in the last decade of Ben Ali’s presidency, dissent within his ruling party, the Constitutional Democratic…
Ben Ali's Tunisia
The myth of stability in Algeria
Over recent years, Algerian officials have gone out of their way to suggest that there was something particularly stable and resilient about Algeria, which could serve as a model for other countrie
Morocco's Hirak movement and legacies of contention in the Rif
2019). Morocco's Hirak movement and legacies of contention in the Rif. The Journal of North African Studies: Vol. 24, Special Issue: Mediterranean Crossroads: Spanish-Moroccan Relations in Past and Present, pp. 1-6
In search of 'consensus
On 15 September 2019 Tunisians went to the ballot boxes to elect their new president, after Beji Caid Essebsi, who took office in 2014, passed away in late July. All the key political parties – inc
Saudi Arabia reasserts itself in the Maghrib
On March 31, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman flexed his diplomatic muscle in the Maghrib when he arrived in Tunis for the Arab League’s 30th summit since it was founded in 1945. He came accompanied by a
Former RCD officials stage a comeback in municipal elections in Tunisia
6 May 2018, was meant to be a historic day in Tunisia for, for the first time in the country’s history, Tunisians elected their local representatives in free municipal elections. Some 2074 candidat
Political Islam in Tunisia
Political Islam in Tunisia uncovers the secret history of Tunisia’s main Islamist movement, Ennahda, from its origins in the 1960s to the present. Banned until the popular uprisings of 2010-11 and the overthrow of Ben Ali’s dictatorship, Ennahda has until now been impossible to investigate. This is the first in-depth account of the movement: one of Tunisia’s most influential political actors.Based on more than four years of field research, over 4…
Dégage RCD!’ The rise of internal dissent in Ben Ali’s Constitutional Democratic Rally and the Tunisian uprisings
This article examines the historical evolution of Tunisia’s Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) from its beginnings in 1987, when President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali took power, until his ousting in 2011 when the party was outlawed. I argue that the RCD evolved from a political force with wide popular support during a short democratic era (1987–89) into a repressive interest group in the 1990s, when the regime cracked down on political dissidents…
Tunisia’s national intelligence
Tunisia’s national intelligence: why “rogue elephants” fail to reform." British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 45(2), pp. 316–317
Commentary
Algeria
Algeria's hostage crisis of January 2013 at the Tigantourine gas facility, close to the eastern town of In Amenas, which resulted in the deaths of at least 39 hostages and 29 militants, is raising
An Islamist 'renaissance'? Religion and politics in post-revolutionary Tunisia
The ascent to power of Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party following the 2011 elections came as a surprise for observers who had praised Tunisia for its modernist legacy, as propagated by the former autocratic regimes of Bourguiba and Ben Ali. This article re-evaluates the role of Tunisia's Islamists under the former regimes, as well as the latters' strategy for controlling Tunisia's most important political opposition. Making use of new primary and…
Revolution under threat
From Rabat to Manama and from Sana'a to Cairo, protesters who have marched in support of a form of government committed to respecting their basic human rights and economic needs have often hailed t
Current Estimates of the Economic Cost of Obesity in the United States
This study was undertaken to update and revise the estimate of the economic impact of obesity in the United States. A prevalence‐based approach to the cost of illness was used to estimate the economic costs in 1995 dollars attributable to obesity for type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease (CHD), hypertension, gallbladder disease, breast, endometrial and colon cancer, and osteoarthritis. Additionally and independently, excess physician v…
Early child-care selection
Early child-care selection
An Islamist 'renaissance'? Religion and politics in post-revolutionary Tunisia
The ascent to power of Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party following the 2011 elections came as a surprise for observers who had praised Tunisia for its modernist legacy, as propagated by the former autocratic regimes of Bourguiba and Ben Ali. This article re-evaluates the role of Tunisia's Islamists under the former regimes, as well as the latters' strategy for controlling Tunisia's most important political opposition. Making use of new primary and…
Morocco's Hirak movement and legacies of contention in the Rif
2019). Morocco's Hirak movement and legacies of contention in the Rif. The Journal of North African Studies: Vol. 24, Special Issue: Mediterranean Crossroads: Spanish-Moroccan Relations in Past and Present, pp. 1-6
Former RCD officials stage a comeback in municipal elections in Tunisia
6 May 2018, was meant to be a historic day in Tunisia for, for the first time in the country’s history, Tunisians elected their local representatives in free municipal elections. Some 2074 candidat
In search of 'consensus
On 15 September 2019 Tunisians went to the ballot boxes to elect their new president, after Beji Caid Essebsi, who took office in 2014, passed away in late July. All the key political parties – inc
Bringing the state back in
Scholars have mostly investigated the fall of dictatorships during the Arab Uprisings through the lens of contentious politics, uncovering new information about the protest dynamics and how they spread both within countries and throughout the wider region. However, the longer structural vulnerabilities within regimes have received little attention; yet such factors internal to states and their regimes proved paramount to the social revolutions in…
Dégage RCD!’ The rise of internal dissent in Ben Ali’s Constitutional Democratic Rally and the Tunisian uprisings
This article examines the historical evolution of Tunisia’s Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) from its beginnings in 1987, when President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali took power, until his ousting in 2011 when the party was outlawed. I argue that the RCD evolved from a political force with wide popular support during a short democratic era (1987–89) into a repressive interest group in the 1990s, when the regime cracked down on political dissidents…
Revolution under threat
From Rabat to Manama and from Sana'a to Cairo, protesters who have marched in support of a form of government committed to respecting their basic human rights and economic needs have often hailed t
How Erroneous Beliefs Trigger Authoritarian Collapse
Why was the longtime Tunisian ruler Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali ousted on January 14, 2011? Prevailing theories focus on popular mobilization, grievances, and the role of the army to explain the collapse of the authoritarian regime. I evaluate these arguments in light of new empirical evidence, which shows that they are insufficient to explain Ben Ali’s ousting. Analyzing key decisional moments and counterfactual scenarios, I propose that the regime …
Rumors, Propaganda, and Conspiracies
The myth of stability in Algeria
Over recent years, Algerian officials have gone out of their way to suggest that there was something particularly stable and resilient about Algeria, which could serve as a model for other countrie
Saudi Arabia reasserts itself in the Maghrib
On March 31, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman flexed his diplomatic muscle in the Maghrib when he arrived in Tunis for the Arab League’s 30th summit since it was founded in 1945. He came accompanied by a
Content and consistency in young children's autobiographical recall
Even very young children are capable of recalling past events. Previous research has indicated that children are learning the appropriate forms for talking about the past in conversations with adults. However, exactly what young children remember and how consistent their recall is from time to time is less clear. We investigated these questions by comparing the content of 30‐ to 35‐month‐old children's memories for events experienced during two s…
Content and consistency in young children's autobiographical recall
Even very young children are capable of recalling past events. Previous research has indicated that children are learning the appropriate forms for talking about the past in conversations with adults. However, exactly what young children remember and how consistent their recall is from time to time is less clear. We investigated these questions by comparing the content of 30‐ to 35‐month‐old children's memories for events experienced during two s…
Development and Reproducibility of a Food Frequency Questionnaire to Assess Diets of Older Children and Adolescents
Validation of a Youth/Adolescent Food Frequency Questionnaire
Current Estimates of the Economic Cost of Obesity in the United States
This study was undertaken to update and revise the estimate of the economic impact of obesity in the United States. A prevalence‐based approach to the cost of illness was used to estimate the economic costs in 1995 dollars attributable to obesity for type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease (CHD), hypertension, gallbladder disease, breast, endometrial and colon cancer, and osteoarthritis. Additionally and independently, excess physician v…
Early child-care selection
Revolution under threat
From Rabat to Manama and from Sana'a to Cairo, protesters who have marched in support of a form of government committed to respecting their basic human rights and economic needs have often hailed t
Algeria
Algeria's hostage crisis of January 2013 at the Tigantourine gas facility, close to the eastern town of In Amenas, which resulted in the deaths of at least 39 hostages and 29 militants, is raising
An Islamist 'renaissance'? Religion and politics in post-revolutionary Tunisia
The ascent to power of Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party following the 2011 elections came as a surprise for observers who had praised Tunisia for its modernist legacy, as propagated by the former autocratic regimes of Bourguiba and Ben Ali. This article re-evaluates the role of Tunisia's Islamists under the former regimes, as well as the latters' strategy for controlling Tunisia's most important political opposition. Making use of new primary and…
Commentary
Political Islam in Tunisia
Political Islam in Tunisia uncovers the secret history of Tunisia’s main Islamist movement, Ennahda, from its origins in the 1960s to the present. Banned until the popular uprisings of 2010-11 and the overthrow of Ben Ali’s dictatorship, Ennahda has until now been impossible to investigate. This is the first in-depth account of the movement: one of Tunisia’s most influential political actors.Based on more than four years of field research, over 4…
Dégage RCD!’ The rise of internal dissent in Ben Ali’s Constitutional Democratic Rally and the Tunisian uprisings
This article examines the historical evolution of Tunisia’s Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) from its beginnings in 1987, when President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali took power, until his ousting in 2011 when the party was outlawed. I argue that the RCD evolved from a political force with wide popular support during a short democratic era (1987–89) into a repressive interest group in the 1990s, when the regime cracked down on political dissidents…
Tunisia’s national intelligence
Tunisia’s national intelligence: why “rogue elephants” fail to reform." British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 45(2), pp. 316–317
Former RCD officials stage a comeback in municipal elections in Tunisia
6 May 2018, was meant to be a historic day in Tunisia for, for the first time in the country’s history, Tunisians elected their local representatives in free municipal elections. Some 2074 candidat
The myth of stability in Algeria
Over recent years, Algerian officials have gone out of their way to suggest that there was something particularly stable and resilient about Algeria, which could serve as a model for other countrie
Morocco's Hirak movement and legacies of contention in the Rif
2019). Morocco's Hirak movement and legacies of contention in the Rif. The Journal of North African Studies: Vol. 24, Special Issue: Mediterranean Crossroads: Spanish-Moroccan Relations in Past and Present, pp. 1-6
In search of 'consensus
On 15 September 2019 Tunisians went to the ballot boxes to elect their new president, after Beji Caid Essebsi, who took office in 2014, passed away in late July. All the key political parties – inc
Saudi Arabia reasserts itself in the Maghrib
On March 31, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman flexed his diplomatic muscle in the Maghrib when he arrived in Tunis for the Arab League’s 30th summit since it was founded in 1945. He came accompanied by a
Ben Ali's Tunisia
Ben Ali's Tunisia
Abstract Based on a wealth of new primary data, Anne Wolf offers the first account of the internal regime factors that—so she demonstrates—ultimately caused the fall of the longtime dictatorship of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia during the Arab Uprisings, challenging studies focusing on the role of mass mobilization alone. She shows that in the last decade of Ben Ali’s presidency, dissent within his ruling party, the Constitutional Democratic…
Bringing the state back in
Scholars have mostly investigated the fall of dictatorships during the Arab Uprisings through the lens of contentious politics, uncovering new information about the protest dynamics and how they spread both within countries and throughout the wider region. However, the longer structural vulnerabilities within regimes have received little attention; yet such factors internal to states and their regimes proved paramount to the social revolutions in…
Rumors, Propaganda, and Conspiracies
Gender, Sexuality and the Politics of Positionality in Political Science
Inequality, Redistribution, and the Global Surge in Populism
Political Science in the Afterlife of Empire
Technology, Non-State Actors and the Crisis of Liberal Governance
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