Tunisian Politics in France

Long-Distance Activism since the 1980s

Mathilde Zederman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

226 Seiten

2024
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-50889-6 (ISBN)

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This innovative study explores the evolution and complexities of Tunisian diaspora activism in France during the years of Ben Ali's dictatorship in Tunisia (1987–2011). Utilising material gathered from extensive fieldwork in France and Tunisia, Mathilde Zederman explores what it means to oppose or support an authoritarian regime from afar.

What does it mean to oppose or support an authoritarian regime from afar? During the years of Ben Ali's dictatorship in Tunisia between 1987 and 2011, diaspora activism played a key role in the developments of post-independence Tunisian politics. Centring this study on long-distance activism in France, where the majority of leftist and Islamist exile groups took refuge, Mathilde Zederman explores how this activism helps to shed new light on Tunisia's political history. Tunisian Politics in France closely explores the interactions and conflicts between different constellations of pro-regime and oppositional actors in France, examining the dynamics of what the author persuasively describes as a 'trans-state space of mobilisation'. In doing so, Zederman draws attention to the constraints and possibilities of long-distance activism. Utilising material gathered from extensive fieldwork in France and Tunisia, this study considers how the evolution of diaspora activism both challenges and reinforces the boundaries of Tunisian politics.

Mathilde Zederman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Paris-Nanterre. Her research and teaching examine exile politics, social movements, archives and memory, with a particular focus on circulations between France and North Africa.

1. Introduction; 2. Tunisian politics in France: genealogy and cartography; 3. Constraints and opportunities for long-distance Tunisian activism; 4. Anti-Ben Ali politics from afar: repertoires of action and frames of human rights; 5. Anti-regime struggles and immigrant politics; 6. Cross-ideological alliances and entre-soi; 7. Conclusion: Tunisian politics and the revolution; Postcript; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.10.2024
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Middle East Studies
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	482 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-009-50889-X / 100950889X
ISBN-13	978-1-009-50889-6 / 9781009508896
Zustand	Neuware