TUNISIA-Ben Ali's "New Tunisia" (1987-2009): A Case Study of Authoritarian Modernization in the Arab World

Purists may wish more systematic exposition of the three PRE concentric circles that frame this elite study within a broader German research program that funded much of Erdle's project.1 Such parenthetical statements as "practically all Tunisian PREs have studied at French universities&quo...

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Published in:The Middle East journal 2011-07, Vol.65 (3), p.512
Main Author: Henry, Clement M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Authoritarianism
Bureaucracy
Case studies
Civil society
Institutionalization
Modernization
Politics
Security services
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Summary:Purists may wish more systematic exposition of the three PRE concentric circles that frame this elite study within a broader German research program that funded much of Erdle's project.1 Such parenthetical statements as "practically all Tunisian PREs have studied at French universities" (p. 397) deserved documentation, as did discussions of any growing divide between Arabophone and Francophone cultures in Tunisia's bilingual political culture.
ISSN:0026-3141
1940-3461