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5 - Makers of Our Own History

Upholding the Revolution and Unsettling Coloniality in the Drafting of Tunisia’s 2014 Constitution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2022

By
Mabrouka M’Barek
Edited by
Tom Ginsburg  and
Sumit Bisarya
Tom Ginsburg
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Sumit Bisarya
Affiliation:
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
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Summary

The process of drafting Tunisia’s post revolution constitution began in February 2012 and endedtwo years later in February 2014, when the final vote by the Constituent Assembly took place. The two year process was characterized by multiple crises and interruptions.Despite this extremely difficult and rocky post-revolutionary context, in which the counterrevolutionary forces sought to destabilize the country, Tunisians were able to overcome the crisis. However, despite characterizations of the outside observers about the success of the process, counterrevolutionaries ended up derailing the country’s democratic and popular gains. This chapter provides a blow-by-blow account of the process.

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Tunisiaconstituent assemblyconstitutionrevolution
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Constitution Makers on Constitution Making
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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