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Title: | Tunisia after the revolution : democracy between stalling and collapsing |
Authors: | Chourou, Bechir |
Keywords: | Revolutions -- Tunisia -- History -- 21st century Democratization -- Tunisia -- 21st century Bouazizi, Mohamed, 1984-2011 Tunisia -- Politics and government -- 21st century Arab Spring, 2010- |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | University of Malta. Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies |
Citation: | Chourou, B. (2012, Summer). Tunisia after the revolution: democracy between stalling and collapsing. Med Agenda - Special Issue [Democratic transitions: perspectives and case studies]: MEDAC Publications in Mediterranean IR and Diplomacy, 57-74. |
Abstract: | On December 17th, 2010 a perfectly unknown man, who was named Mohamed Bouazizi and who lived in a little-known small town in the centre of Tunisia called Sidi Bouzid, decided to set himself on fire in front of the Governor’s office. Unable to get a steady job of any kind, he tried to eke out a living for himself and his family by selling few vegetables that he carried around on a cart, but the police kept confiscating his cart and vegetables because he did not have a licence to be a street vendor. On that particular day, the same scenario was replayed once again, and once again he went to the Governor’s office to try to recuperate his belongings and/or get a licence for his trade. But once again, they would not even let him into the building. So he decided to burn himself. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/46714 |
Appears in Collections: | Summer 2012 |
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