-
The authentic dialogue, the compromises, the consensus which allowed Tunisia to overcome its political and institutional crisis
This book is the final product of an investigation launched in November 2014 and completed in July 2015. It has collected first-hand information from stakeholders involved in the national dialogue through 26 interviews with leaders and representatives of political parties, representatives of the Quartet, the mediators of dialogue (UGTT, UTICA, ONAT and LTDH) and figures from the political area who participated in the National Dialogue or have observed it from outside.
These data were enhanced by the results of four Focus groups, held in Tunis, Bizerte, Sfax and Douz, designed to gather information on the perceptions of the National Dialogue from a small sample (32 people) of Tunisian opinion in different regions of the country, North and South.
A record of a key step in the history of Tunisia
EXCERPT
The idea of the National Dialogue has always been in the background of the Tunisian transition. A process which was stirred at the slightest difficulty, at the slightest blockage. A process that was certainly not invented by Tunisia, which was first implemented in African countries such as Kenya (2008), Senegal (2009) or Sudan (2014), but also has been experienced in some Arab countries after the Arab Spring, as in Bahrain in 2011, Yemen in 2014 and attempts in Libya in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
We must admit that in Tunisia, the National Dialogue could follow its own logics through. This dialogue could bring together politicians, professional organizations, trade unions and representatives of civil society, as in the "National Conferences of Senegal," which largely helped unlock a serious political and institutional crisis, a dead end situation, by means and process of compromise and consensus.
PRESS REVIEWS
- "This book, recently published by The Tunisian Association of Political Studies, scientifically analyzes and sequences The National Dialogue in Tunisia. (...) This Dialogue, which took place after difficult negotiations, was born during a troubled period and considered as the only pacific solution for a country undergoing a transition and looking for references and governing policies. The Dialogue was successful: an elected government agreed to resign and an interim government was created." Hella Lahbib, La Presse de Tunisie
The National Dialogue in Tunisia earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hatem M'rad is Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences of Tunis. His Ph.D. Dissertation focused on The place of procedures' in multilateral diplomacy (published in 2001). He is Founder and President of the Tunisian Association of Political Studies since 2010 as well as a Member of the French Association of Political Science in 2010 and 2011.
With the collaboration of Maryam BEN SALEM, Khaled MEJRI, Moez CHARFEDDINE, Belhassen ENNOURI and Monia ZGARNI. -
Moroccan neo-constitutionalism meeting the challenge of the arab spring
Abdelhak Azzouzi, André Cabanis
- Editions L'Harmattan
- 1 Avril 2017
- 9782140033971
Elaborated in a comparative perspective, the publication allows to understand the exceptionalism of the Moroccan political system based on a two fold approach rooted in both political science and law. The first part of the book delves into the study of the Arab Spring celebrated by some and feared by others. In any case, the Arab Spring generated a radical questioning of the formerinstitutional equilibria. The second part comprises a description of Morocco's Constitution, which is presented as a response to the contemporary political challenges. Limpid and objective, combining legal and political analysis, in addition to geopolitical prospective, this unique work could only be written by two internationally renowned men, Professors Abdelhak Azzouzi and André Cabanis.