Dr Rory McCarthy rory.p.mccarthy@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
The Politics of Consensus: Al-Nahda and the stability of the Tunisian transition
McCarthy, Rory
Authors
Abstract
Tunisia&s transition away from authoritarianism has been shaped by a politics of consensus, which has brought together representatives of the former regime with their historic adversary, the Islamist movement al-Nahda. This article argues that consensus politics was a legacy of the authoritarian regime that was re-produced during a democratizing transition. The politics of consensus was encouraged and enabled by al-Nahda, which prioritized its inclusion within this elite settlement to provide political security for itself and the broader transition. However, this came at a cost, engineering a conservative transition, which did not pursue significant social or economic reform. The Tunisian case shows that historical legacies, such as consensus politics, can shape a transition as much as contingent, pragmatic decisions by political leaders.
Citation
McCarthy, R. (2019). The Politics of Consensus: Al-Nahda and the stability of the Tunisian transition. Middle Eastern Studies, 55(2), 261-275. https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2018.1538969
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 8, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 21, 2019 |
Publication Date | 2019 |
Deposit Date | Sep 2, 2019 |
Journal | Middle Eastern Studies |
Print ISSN | 0026-3206 |
Electronic ISSN | 1743-7881 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 55 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 261-275 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2018.1538969 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1293986 |
Related Public URLs | https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b207ca18-b090-4773-b956-c5e9bfff49cf |
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