Still Troubled: Tunisia’s Youth During and Since the Revolution of 2011

Roberts, Ken; Kovacheva, Siyka; Kabaivanov, Stanimir

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“…This became evident during the 2014 elections that had Caid Essebsi elected as the first democratic president of Tunisia in 2014. Voter turnout was very low, especially amongst the youth, who by then had become ambivalent and not very confident of the changes that they had fought for (Roberts, Kovacheva and Kabaivonov 2017).…”

Section: Youth Democracy and The Post-arab Spring Transition In Tunisiamentioning

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Youth-Led Social Movements and Peacebuilding in Africa

Bangura¹

2022

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This book critically examines and analyses the active role played by youthled social movements in pushing for change and promoting peacebuilding in Africa, and their long-term impacts on society.Africa's history is characterised by youth movements. The continent's youth populations played pivotal roles in the campaign against colonialism and, ever since independence, Africa's youth have been at the centre of social mobilisation. Most recently, social media has contributed significantly to a further rise in youth-led social movements. However, the impact of youth voices is often marginalised by patriarchal and gerontocratic approaches to governance, denying them the place, voice, and recognition that they deserve. Drawing on empirical evidence from across the continent, this book analyses the drivers and long-term impacts of youth-led social movements on politics in African societies, especially in the area of peacebuilding. Additionally, the book draws attention to the innovative ways in which young people continue to seek to re-engineer social spaces and challenge contexts that deny them their voice, place, recognition, and identity. This book will be of interest to researchers across the fields of social movement studies, youth studies, peace and conflict studies, history, political sciences, social justice, and African studies.

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Section: Youth Democracy and The Post-arab Spring Transition In Tunisiamentioning

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Youth-Led Social Movements and Peacebuilding in Africa

Bangura¹

2022

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“…This specific participation of young people in associations that emerged from 2011 is not very well known either. The few data available that come from various surveys (Abbott, Andrea, and Sapsford 2018;Gertel and Hexel 2018;Roberts, Siyka, and Kabaivanov 2017), indicate that the level of participation of young people in associations varies greatly depending on how it is defined and presented in the surveys and how the interviewees understand it. These different definitions and representations mean that it oscillates between a commitment from a very small percentage of young people when asked about activism, affiliation, or belonging to an organisation (between 2.9% and 13%), and a fairly extended collaboration when they are asked about their specific contribution in certain activities of the associations (30%) or their proximity to them (28%).…”

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Associations and young people during the Tunisian transition: pluralism, socialisation, and democratic legitimation?

Desrues

Arranz

2019

The Journal of North African Studies

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In Tunisia, during the initial years of the democratic transition, the number of registered associations has doubled. The few studies available point out that a significant proportion of the new associations' membership is made up of young people. This specific participation of young people in the network of associations that emerged from 2011 onwards is not very well-known either. In this article, we wish to contribute primarily to providing information that facilitates understanding of the changes that have taken place in the associative sector and in the participation of young people in it. Furthermore, we believe that Tunisia is, in a way, a 'laboratory' in which civic participation in contexts of democratic consolidation can be explored. Specifically, using data obtained from two surveys conducted in 2015 and 2016 we propose, first, to examine the profile of the young people active in the associations and the areas in which their associations intervene, in order to see to what extent the argument regarding the plural representation of the heterogeneity of young people can be verified through the network of associations. Second, we aim to evaluate the contribution of socialisation through associations to the inculcation of a democratic culture that would be verified in the electoral behaviour of young association activists. Third, we aim to open a debate about the possible 'macro' or systemic effects of these data; that is to say, about the representation of pluralism and diversity in Tunisian society, as well as the legitimation of democratic institutions.

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“…Young people seem to prefer more informal or unconventional forms of civic and political participation that best suit their interests and needs. Their participation is generally divorced from any political affiliation and from the electoral politics of the formal democratic system, though it may still be political [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Given this new portrait which is emerging, civic participation is now more broadly defined, overcoming the barriers of the formal political space in a way which includes engagement in volunteering, social movements and local organizations [13].…”

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Young People Engaging in Volunteering: Questioning a Generational Trend in an Individualized Society

Jardim

Silva²

2018

Societies

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Today young people experience a world that is being significantly changed by large-scale transformations in education and labour markets. Youth, as a generation, is most affected by those changes, since they are more likely to reshape their ways of living in response to the conditions they face, which inevitably produce inequalities in their lives. Volunteering is one of their responses. This paper aims to discuss the generational motivations and attitudes of a group of 11 European young people to participate in a European Voluntary Service project during a period of one year. The data was collected through an ethnographic methodological approach conducted between 2013 and 2014 in a Youth Centre in northern Portugal. Results clearly indicate that young people have an instrumental relationship with volunteering, which is mainly focused on the individual benefits that they believe they will acquire in their personal and professional life. Volunteering emerges as an opportunity to escape and to overcome the persisting challenges and constraints posed by our society; namely unemployment and precariousness, both of which are on the rise amongst young generations around the world.

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Still Troubled: Tunisia’s Youth During and Since the Revolution of 2011

Cited by 4 publications

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Youth-Led Social Movements and Peacebuilding in Africa

Youth-Led Social Movements and Peacebuilding in Africa

Associations and young people during the Tunisian transition: pluralism, socialisation, and democratic legitimation?

Young People Engaging in Volunteering: Questioning a Generational Trend in an Individualized Society

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