TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract This paper aims to explore the significance of the 2011 uprisings in Tunisia for wider questions of democratization, interrogating in particular the question of the relationship between religion and politics in the aftermath of the revolutionary event. The political landscape emerging after the 14th of January Tunisian Revolution has witnessed the emergence of a new political class competing in the country’s first free democratic elections on October 23. The moderate Islamist Ennahda Party emerged victorious and obtained the majority of seats in the National Constituent Assembly. These developments in the revolutionary aftermath re-opened questions over the future of “secular Tunisia” and re-ignited the political struggle between modernist and traditionalist visions of society. As a result, religious actors have increasingly been taking to the streets alongside the general population via participation in public protests, creation of new unions and associations, presence in the media, militancy in new or pre-existent political parties, etc. In this context, this research focuses on the way in which the 2011 uprisings impacted on democratization by seeking to explain how and why religious leaders are re-emerging as influential figures in the political landscape of post-revolutionary Tunisia.
VL  - 39
SN  - 978-1-78635-027-5, 978-1-78635-028-2/0163-786X
DO  - 10.1108/S0163-786X20160000039009
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-786X20160000039009
AU  - Grasso Anna
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Religion and Political Activism in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia
T2  - Protest, Social Movements and Global Democracy Since 2011: New Perspectives
T3  - Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 197
EP  - 220
Y2  - 2024/09/18
ER  -