Rethinking the Tunisian miracle: a party politics view

Yardımcı-Geyikçi, Şebnem; Tür, Özlem

doi:10.1080/13510347.2017.1422120

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“…In a similar fashion, Tunisia after the Arab Spring hosted political parties that were organizationally weak and unable to form coalitions (Kimya, 2021). This has given rise to a fragmented political system which can be observed through the problematic political alliance between Nidaa Tounes and Ennahda (Yardımcı-Geyikçi and Tür, 2018). Without establishing distinct ideological boundaries, such parties find it difficult to form alliances.…”

Section: Polarizationmentioning

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Democratic transition and party polarization: A fuzzy regression discontinuity design approach

Ademi

Kimya

2023

Party Politics

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How does democratic transition affect party polarization? While previous literature on party politics in post-transition environments describes a fragmented political system marked by multi-partism and the rise of weakly institutionalized parties, party polarization in young democracies is underexplored. We argue that democratic transition reduces party polarization by introducing a new set of parties which have not consolidated their issue positions yet. The ambiguity of party positions makes ideological attributes less salient and renders a less polarized party politics. To assess the impact of the party polarization in young democracies, we employ a fuzzy regression discontinuity design (RDD). We use the Manifesto Project data on right-left positions of parties from 58 countries to measure party polarization and the Varieties of Democracy (V-DEM) data on regime transition to identify democratic transitions. Our findings suggest that party polarization on right-left issue position decreases on average, following the democratic transition.

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Section: Polarizationmentioning

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Democratic transition and party polarization: A fuzzy regression discontinuity design approach

Ademi

Kimya

2023

Party Politics

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“…For instance, Egypt and Tunisia possessed relatively stable administrative institutions prior to the uprisings. However, the rule of law, freedom of the press, and other state institutions weakened considerably after each regime collapsed (Mansfield & Snyder, 2012; Landolt & Kubicek, 2014; Yardımcı-Geyikçi & Tür, 2018). Public trust has also declined precipitously, with as many as 91% of young people in Tunisia reporting they do not trust parliament (Yahya, 2016).…”

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Regime change and religious discrimination after the Arab uprisings

Klocek

Sumaktoyo

2022

Journal of Peace Research

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This article investigates how and when regime transitions intensify minority discrimination through an analysis of two types of religious persecution following the Arab uprisings. We argue that weakened institutions and the prevalence of religious outbidding during political transitions make societal-based religious discrimination (SRD) more likely to increase than government-based religious discrimination (GRD). This is because social divisions are often exacerbated and social unrest difficult to contain, while at the same time, policy change can be difficult to enact and enforce. We test these claims through a mixed-methods research design. Employing a synthetic control method, the cross-national, quantitative analysis from 1990 to 2014 confirms that GRD has not changed since the Arab uprisings, while SRD has substantially increased in those countries (i.e. Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia) that also experienced regime change. A case study of Egypt provides more direct evidence of the institutional and outbidding mechanisms. The qualitative analysis draws on ethnographic research conducted in Cairo during 2014, which includes in-depth interviews with Coptic Orthodox Christians. Our findings underscore the twin challenge of protecting and accommodating minority religions during periods of political transition.

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“…The following decade witnessed a turbulent, albeit largely peaceful political process leading to the writing of a new constitution, the formation of a party system, two legislative assemblies, and two rounds of presidential elections in 2014 and 2019 respectively. Until the most recent legislative elections of 2019, two parties dominated Tunisia's party system and formed a coalition government in 2014: Ennahda and Nidaa Tounes (Yardimci-Geyikçi & Tür, 2018). Ennahda, led by Rachid Ghannouchi, is an Islamist party, legalized in the wake of the 2011 uprising.…”

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Popular support for military intervention and anti-establishment alternatives in Tunisia: Appraising outsider eclecticism

Albrecht

Bishara

Bufano

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Mediterranean Politics

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Popular attitudes in support of authoritarian alternatives and weak party systems constitute important threats to democratic consolidation and the stability of new democracies. This article explores popular alienation from established political actors in Tunisia. Under what conditions do citizens support alternatives to the elites in power and the institutional infrastructure of a new democracy? Drawing on an original, nationally representative survey in Tunisia administered in 2017, this article examines three categories of popular attitudes in support of political outsiders.Military interventionism appears in people's preferences for anti-system politics-the most immediate challenge to the country's stability and democratic transition. Anti-political establishment sentiments are shown in people's preferences for an enhanced role of the country's main trade union as a civil-society alternative to political party elites. Finally, outsider eclecticism is the seemingly incoherent phenomenon of concurrent support for a civil society actor and the military as an 'authoritarian alternative.' Anti-establishment sentiments will continue to be an important element in Tunisian post-authoritarian politics, evidenced by the rise to power of Kais Said in the 2019 presidential elections and his 2021 decision to dismiss parliament. In turn, popular support for military intervention may have implications for the country's domestic security and peaceful transition.

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Rethinking the Tunisian miracle: a party politics view

Cited by 19 publications

References 29 publications

Democratic transition and party polarization: A fuzzy regression discontinuity design approach

Democratic transition and party polarization: A fuzzy regression discontinuity design approach

Regime change and religious discrimination after the Arab uprisings

Popular support for military intervention and anti-establishment alternatives in Tunisia: Appraising outsider eclecticism

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