The Call for Dignity, or a Particular Universalism

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ID6160808
AuthorsNadia Marzouki (0000-0003-1547-616X, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume3
Issue1-2
Pages148-158
Publication date2011-03-25
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle East Law and Governance (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1876-3367 • E-ISSN: 1876-3375
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/187633711x591503
OpenAlexW2071423744
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Although the many difficulties of Tunisia’s democratic transition have received significant attention over the past six months, there has been relatively little commentary regarding the claims and attitudes that made the winter mobilizations so unique. The movement’s so-called lack of leadership, the proliferation of parties, the economic and financial crisis, the risk of a supposedly Islamist threat—all these themes have been discussed at length by analysts in Tunisia and abroad. Consequently, rather than engaging in yet another attempt to assess the movement’s success, or predict its failure, this paper examines an aspect of the mobilization that has attracted surprisingly little attention, namely, the Tunisian protestors’ call for dignity ( karama ) and respect ( ihtiram

Democracy · Development economics · Dignity · Economics · Law and economics · Mobilization · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Universalism · African Studies and Geopolitics · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Political and Social Issues

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