Arab Spring, Jasmine Fall: Authoritarianism, Co-optation and the ‘Woman Question’ in post-2011 Tunisia

Persistent URL of this record https://hdl.handle.net/1887/75773

In Collections

This item can be found in the following collections:

International Studies (BA)

O'Keeffe, Anya (2019)

Arab Spring, Jasmine Fall: Authoritarianism, Co-optation and the ‘Woman Question’ in post-2011 Tunisia

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

In 2011, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted from power following the Jasmine Revolution, a series of protests where women played an incredibly vocal and important role. However, this dissertation seeks to argue that ‘The Woman Question’ in Tunisia is now more complicated than ever. Despite the comparatively progressive civil liberties Tunisian women have been granted, the reality women face in Tunisia is much bleaker than initially assumed in 2011. The aspects of co-optation, authoritarianism, class and religion will be used to assess how historically the conflicting issues surrounding women came to be, and the issues women face following the 2011 Jasmine Revolution.

Author: O'Keeffe, Anya

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation: Middle East

Supervisors: Henderson, Christian

ECTS Credits: 15

Language: en

Leiden University Student Repository

Documents

In Collections

Arab Spring, Jasmine Fall: Authoritarianism, Co-optation and the ‘Woman Question’ in post-2011 Tunisia