Tunisia's Peripheral Cities
Marginalization and Protest Politics in a Democratizing Country
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10278701 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Larbi Sadiki (0000-0002-3777-7046, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-98 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Middle East Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3141 • E-ISSN: 1940-3461 |
| Publisher | The Middle East Journal (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3751/75.1.14 |
| OpenAlex | W3163449361 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
This article investigates Tunisia's southern "periphery within the periphery," drawing on original interviews to examine marginalization and center-periphery relations in the country since the 2011 revolution. Comparisons are drawn between the informal economy of cross-border smuggling in Ben Guerdane and the jobless youth of Tataouine being left behind as corporate elites and companies become wealthy from the natural resources extracted from the area. This had led to an embrace of "unruly" protest politics, rebelling against the postrevolutionary political establishment. A trend toward disillusionment with democracy might be on the horizon for the marginalized youth in the south, exacerbating regional cleavages and posing a potential crisis for Tunisia's democratization
Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African Studies and Geopolitics · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Political and Social Issues
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |