Tunisia: The Political Economy of Reform

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Book by Contents Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Map of Tunisia Introduction PART I POLITICAL REFORM 1 The Conduct of Political Reform: The Path Toward Democracy 2 Clientelism and Reform in ben Ali's Tunisia 3 Tunisian Industrialists and the State 4 Tunisian Banking: Politics of Adjustment and the Adjustment of Politics PART 2 ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING 5 The Social Pressure on Economic Development in Tunisia 6 The Tunisian State Enterprises and Privatization Policy 7 Private Sector Development Through Public Sector Restructuring? The Cases of the Gafsa Phosphate Company and the Chemical Group 8 Rural Development in Central Tunisia: Constraints and Coping Strategies 9 The Desert Locust: Agricultural and Environmental Impact PART 3 SOCIAL RESISTANCE 10 Islamic Reform in Contemporary Tunisia: Unity and Diversity 11 The Islamicist Movement and November 7 12 The New Strategy of the Movement of the Islamic Way: Manipulation or Expression of Political Culture? PART 4 REFORM AND FOREIGN RELATIONS 13 Tunisian Foreign Policy: Continuity and Change Under Bourguiba and ben Ali Bibliography About the Contributors Index About the Book