Protest campaigns in Tunisia during the first democratic legislature (2014-19):  a cultural turn and the limitations of a new generation of activists

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 24 Jun 2024 Spain, France Publisher:Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Autonoma de MadridJournal:Revista de Estudios Internacionales Mediterráneos (issn: 1887-4460,

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Authors: Thierry Desrues; Éric Gobe;

doi: 10.15366/reim2024.36.011

handle: 10261/377658

Protest campaigns in Tunisia during the first democratic legislature (2014-19): a cultural turn and the limitations of a new generation of activists

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Abstract

This article analyses the cultural turn in youth activism in Tunisia, expressed in a series of protest campaigns during the first legislature of the post revolution democratic parliamentary experiment. Based in interviews, we first present the specificity of campaigns as a repertoire for protest actions. Secondly, we describe how young activists challenged government decisions. Thirdly, we show that these mobilisations are mostly ad hoc and driven by micro-networks of left-wing activists who champion a new protest culture based internally on the horizontality of participation and decision-making; and externally on the use of innovative performances within a classical repertoire of action.

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Spain, France

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French National Centre for Scientific Research
France
Spanish National Research Council
Spain
Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados
Spain
Aix-Marseille University
France
Aix Marseille Université
France

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Keywords

Arab Spring Mobilisations Social Movements Youth Activism Tunisia. Resumen Primavera árabe movilizaciones movimientos sociales activismo juvenil Túnez, activismo juvenil, Tunisia, Youth Activism, [SHS.SOCIO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology, movimientos sociales, Tunisia. Resumen Primavera árabe, Mobilizations, Arab Spring, Túnez, Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels, Social Movements, Movilizaciones, Activismo juvenil, Movimientos sociales, movilizaciones, http://metadata.un.org/sdg/16, Mobilisations, Primavera Árabe, [SHS] Humanities and Social Sciences, [SHS.SCIPO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Political science

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