Analysis of the most important causes of the formation of the popular uprising in Tunisia in terms of political economy

Abstract:
The recent uprisings in the Middle East was started from Tunisia in 2010 and quickly spread to other countries in the region. These uprising were led to the fall of the ruling regimes in some countries such as Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, and in some other countries the former regime still exists. This uprising in Tunisia had the different fields of political, economic, and cultural and...., But one of the main Effective Contexts on Emerging the popular uprising in Tunisia, related to issues of political economy. In this regard, the question that arises in this context is that what are the most important causes of the uprising in Tunisia from the perspective of political economy? And what role did they play in shaping the country's popular uprising? (Question)This paper by considering its political economy approach has this idea that: the main field of incidence of the protest movement against the regime was the conflict between Tunisian Dynamic and young society and rent_seeking political _economic structures in the forming the popular uprising in Tunisia which are investigated. (Hypothesis)This article tries to analyze Tunisia's popular uprising by focusing on issues related to political economy. (Target)In this article descriptive-analytic method has been used to explain the variables of interest. (Method)This article has analyzed the nature of this rent_seeking structure and its origins and its impact on the incidence of the uprising in Tunisia by detailed description of the social conditions of Tunisia and by explaining the rent_seeking structure. (Results) this article also focused on the years 2010 to 2011.
Language:
Persian
Published:
فصلنامه پژوهش های منطقه ای, Volume:3 Issue: 8, 2015
Page:
47
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