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Tunus’ta Bin Ali Otoriteryanizmi ve Uluslararası Faktörler (1987-2008)

Year 2021, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 85 - 111, 15.09.2021

Abstract

Arap Baharı ile birlikte bir sarsıntı geçirmesine rağmen Orta Doğu ve Kuzey Afrika (OKA) olarak bilinen bölgede otoriter yapılar hâlen varlığını sürdürmektedir. Bu durum, otoriter yapıların sürekliliğini daha kapsamlı bir şekilde incelemenin önemini ortaya koymaktadır. Otoriterliği, devlet içi faktörlere indirgeyen yaklaşımların yanı sıra uluslararası faktörlerin önemini vurgulayan bir literatür son on yıldır gelişmektedir. Bu literatürde özelikle Batı ile kurulan siyasi, ekonomik, diplomatik, vb. bağların Batı dışı bir ülkede otoriterliğin sürekliliğinde etkili olduğu vurgulanmaktadır. Bu çalışma, gelişen bu yeni literatür bağlamında Tunus’ta Bin Ali Dönemi’ni ve otoriterliğin sürekliliğini açıklamaya çalışacaktır. Her ne kadar Tunus, Arap Baharı’nın ardından nispeten olumlu bir dönüşüm süreci geçirse de, öncesinde “ekonomik mucize” ve “demokratik istikrar” modeli olarak Bin Ali’nin otoriter yönetimi Batı tarafından desteklenmiş ve bu yönetim yirmi üç sene ayakta kalmayı başarmıştır.Çalışmanın temel argümanı şu şekilde ifade edilebilir: Batılı aktörlerin Tunus’a empoze ettiği ekonomik liberalleşme süreci sosyoekonomik eşitsizliklerin artmasına neden olurken; demokrasinin yine Batı tarafından araçsallaştırılması, sivil ve siyasi özgürlüklerin baskı altında tutulmasına hizmet etmiştir. Arap Baharı sonrası süreçte demokrasiye geçişin önündeki engeller ve fırsatlara odaklanmak yerine, Bin Ali Dönemi’nde otoriterliğin sürekliliğinde etkili olan uluslararası faktörleri incelemek,OKA’da hâlen otoriter yapıların nasıl ayakta kalabildiğine ışık tutacaktır.

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Bin Ali Authoritarianism and International Factors in Tunisia (1987-2008)

Year 2021, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 85 - 111, 15.09.2021

Abstract

Despite being shaken by the Arab Spring, authoritarian structures still exist in the regions of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Th is situation highlights the importance of studying the continuity of authoritarian structures more comprehensively. In addition to approaches that reduce authoritarianism to intra-state factors, literature has developed over the last decade emphasizing the importance of international factors. This literature in particular emphasizes the politics, economics, and diplomacy established by the West and that ties are effective in the continuity of authoritarianism in non-Western countries. This study attempts to explain Ben Ali’s period and the continuity of authoritarianism in Tunisia in the context of this developing new literature. Although Tunisia underwent a relatively positive transformation process after the Arab Spring, Ben Ali’s authoritarian rule was supported by the West as a model of an economic miracle and democratic stability; this administration managed to survive for 23 years. The study’s main argument can be expressed as follows: While the economic liberalization process imposed on Tunis by Western actors caused an increase in socio-economic inequalities, the instrumentalization of democracy by the West again served to suppress civil and political freedoms. Instead of focusing on the obstacles and opportunities in front of the transition to democracy in the post-Arab Spring period, examining theinternational factors influencing the continuity of authoritarianism in the Ben Ali period will shed light on how authoritarian structures still survive in MENA.

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  • Alexander, C. (2010). Tunisia: Stability and reform in the modern Maghreb. Abingdon: Routledge.
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  • Ayubi, N. (2008). Overstating the Arab State: Politics and society in the Middle East. London: IB Tauris.
  • Beblawi, H. (1987). The rentier state in the Arab World. Arab Studies Quarterly, 9(4), 383-398.
  • Bekaroğlu, E. A. ve Kurt, V. (2015). Mısır'da otoriter rejimin sürekliliği: Arap Baharı ve sonrası sürecin analizi. Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi, 2(2), 1-36.
  • Bellin, E. (2004). The robustness of authoritarianism in the Middle East: Exceptionalism in comparative perspective. Comparative politics, 36(2), 139-157.
  • Bellin, E. (2012). Reconsidering the robustness of authoritarianism in the Middle East: Lessons from the Arab spring. Comparative Politics, 44(2), 127-149.
  • Ben Rajeb, L. (2013). United States policy towards Tunisia: What new engagement after an expendable "friendship"? N. Gana, (Ed.). In The Making of the Tunisian Revolution: Contexts, Architects, Prospects (81 103). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • Berman, S. (2003). Islamism, revolution, and civil society. Perspectives on Politics, 1(2), 257-72.
  • Boubekeur, A. (2016). Islamists, secularists and old regime elites in Tunisia: Bargained competition. Mediterranean Politics. 21(1), 107-127.
  • Brownlee, J. (2007). Authoritarianism in an age of democratization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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  • Cordesman, A. (1996). The Military Balance and Arms Sales in North Africa: 1990–1996. CSIS Working Paper.
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  • Durac, V. ve Cavatorta (2009). Strengthening authoritarian rule through democracy promotion? Examining the paradox of the US and EU security strategies: the case of Bin Ali's Tunisia. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 36(1), 3-19.
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  • George, A. L. ve Bennett. A. (2005). Case studies and theory development in the social sciences. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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  • Gobe, E. (2010). The Gafsa Mining Basin between Riots and a Social Movement: meaning and significance of a protest movement in Ben Ali’s Tunisia. Working paper https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00557826 17.04.2021 tarihinde erişilmiştir.
  • Gowan, P. (1999) The global gamble: Washington's Faustian bid for world dominance. London: Verso.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Religious Studies, Religion, Society and Culture Studies
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Rumeysa Dursun

Publication Date September 15, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2021 Volume: 11 Issue: 3

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APA Dursun, R. (2021). Tunus’ta Bin Ali Otoriteryanizmi ve Uluslararası Faktörler (1987-2008). İnsan Ve Toplum, 11(3), 85-111.