Contested Politics in Tunisia: Civil Society in a Post-Authoritarian State By F

Contested Politics in TunisiaCivil Society in a Post-Authoritarian State\nAuthor(s): Edwige Fortier\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108425322, 978-1108425322\nSynopsis\nSeveral thousand new civil society organisations were legally established in Tunisia following the [tel] uprising that forced the long-serving dictator, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, from office. These organisations had different visions for a new Tunisia, and divisive issues such as the status of women, homosexuality, and human rights became highly contested. For some actors, the transition from authoritarian rule allowed them to have a strong voice that was previously muted under the former regimes. For others, the conflicts that emerged between the different groups brought new repressions and exclusions this time not from the regime, but from 'civil society'. Vulnerable populations and the organisations working with them soon fo.