Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Map of Morocco
- Map of Tunisia
- I THE FRAMEWORK
- II THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT
- 3 Business and the State in Tunisia: Statist Development, Capital Dispersion, and Preemptive Integration in World Markets
- 4 Business and the State in Morocco: Business Penetration of the State and the Genesis of the “Fat Cat”
- III GLOBALIZATION AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
- Appendix A Methodological Note and List of Interviewees
- Appendix B Standardized Questionnaire for Textile and Apparel Industrialists and Factory Managers
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - Business and the State in Tunisia: Statist Development, Capital Dispersion, and Preemptive Integration in World Markets
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Map of Morocco
- Map of Tunisia
- I THE FRAMEWORK
- II THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT
- 3 Business and the State in Tunisia: Statist Development, Capital Dispersion, and Preemptive Integration in World Markets
- 4 Business and the State in Morocco: Business Penetration of the State and the Genesis of the “Fat Cat”
- III GLOBALIZATION AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
- Appendix A Methodological Note and List of Interviewees
- Appendix B Standardized Questionnaire for Textile and Apparel Industrialists and Factory Managers
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Formal independence from France brought the recognition that industrialization was a crucial factor for national development, and both the Tunisian and Moroccan industrial bourgeoisies trace their origins to the 1960s. But despite these and other commonalities, the Tunisian and Moroccan postindependence industrial classes developed in distinct ways. The varied historical development of business–government relations and class structure is critical to explaining divergent patterns of business mobilization in the two countries in the 1990s. These divergent trajectories can best be explained by two factors that shaped policies regarding business after independence: the distinct social bases of the Tunisian and Moroccan independence movements, later reflected in state economic policies, and the size of their domestic markets, which affected the perceived feasibility of adopting protectionist trade measures.
STATE-BUILDING AND ECONOMIC ELITES IN TUNISIA
The Tunisian industrial class, for the most part, emerged after independence in 1956. The transition from colony to independent state constituted a sharp demarcation in the history of Tunisian business. Following independence, a new economic elite emerged that was only minimally rooted in the previous era. This new class owed its good fortune, if not its very existence, to the state. These parameters shaped business interests as well as the means by which business expressed its demands.
From Colonial Administration to State-Building: The Rise of the Single-Party State
The French occupation of Tunisia was designed to facilitate economic domination.
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- Globalization and Business Politics in Arab North AfricaA Comparative Perspective, pp. 55 - 79Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007