Liberalization against Democracy: The Local Politics of Economic Reform in Tunisia

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LIBERALIZATION AGAINST DEMOCRACY INDIANA SERIES IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES MARK TESSLER GENERAL EDITOR LIBERALIZATION AGAINST DEMOCRACY THE LOCAL POLITICS OF ECONOMIC REFORM IN TUNISIA STEPHEN J. KING This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2003 by Stephen J. King All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data King, Stephen J. (Stephen Juan), date Liberalization against democracy : the local politics of economic reform in Tunisia / Stephen J. King. p. cm. — (Indiana series in Middle East studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-253-34212-0 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-253-21583-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Democracy—Tunisia. 2. Local government—Tunisia. 3. Structural adjustment (Economic policy)—Tunisia. I. Title. II. Series. JQ3336 .K56 2003 320.9611—dc21 2002014600 1 2 3 4 5 08 07 06 05 04 03 ❖ To the below zeros of Tebourba ❖ and to Joan Yengo. A special thanks to Frankie King, who kept walking up the hill to school. ...