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Beyond the Democratic Success Story - An exploratory case study of citizens’ expectations and experiences of Tunisian democratization

Ekvall Halila, Miriam LU (2020) STVK12 20201
Department of Political Science
Abstract (Swedish)
This study is an exploratory qualitative case study that seeks to capture nuanced and personal perspectives on the experiences of the Tunisian democratization process. The aim of this study is to examine what the expectations of the regime change was and how these expectations relate to the perceived reality. In doing so, it utilizes a theoretical framework based on elements from the works of Seymour Lipset Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy (1959) and Michael Bratton and Robert Mattes Support for Democracy in Africa: Intrinsic or Instrumental (2001). The research design is of qualitative and explorative nature, where the primary data has been conducted through a field study in Sousse,... (More)
This study is an exploratory qualitative case study that seeks to capture nuanced and personal perspectives on the experiences of the Tunisian democratization process. The aim of this study is to examine what the expectations of the regime change was and how these expectations relate to the perceived reality. In doing so, it utilizes a theoretical framework based on elements from the works of Seymour Lipset Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy (1959) and Michael Bratton and Robert Mattes Support for Democracy in Africa: Intrinsic or Instrumental (2001). The research design is of qualitative and explorative nature, where the primary data has been conducted through a field study in Sousse, Tunisia. The study finds that the main expectations of democratization can be understood by dividing citizens’ expectations into two categories: Economic government performance and Political government performance. Furthermore, it suggests that the Tunisian citizens’ attached expectations to democracy are focused on political and material gains which imply that they have an instrumental support for democracy. (Less)
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author
Ekvall Halila, Miriam LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK12 20201
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
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keywords
young democracy, democratization, expectations, Tunisia
language
English
id
9025950
date added to LUP
2020-09-21 16:05:17
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2020-09-21 16:05:17
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  abstract     = {{This study is an exploratory qualitative case study that seeks to capture nuanced and personal perspectives on the experiences of the Tunisian democratization process. The aim of this study is to examine what the expectations of the regime change was and how these expectations relate to the perceived reality. In doing so, it utilizes a theoretical framework based on elements from the works of Seymour Lipset Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy (1959) and Michael Bratton and Robert Mattes Support for Democracy in Africa: Intrinsic or Instrumental (2001). The research design is of qualitative and explorative nature, where the primary data has been conducted through a field study in Sousse, Tunisia. The study finds that the main expectations of democratization can be understood by dividing citizens’ expectations into two categories: Economic government performance and Political government performance. Furthermore, it suggests that the Tunisian citizens’ attached expectations to democracy are focused on political and material gains which imply that they have an instrumental support for democracy.}},
  author       = {{Ekvall Halila, Miriam}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Beyond the Democratic Success Story - An exploratory case study of citizens’ expectations and experiences of Tunisian democratization}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}