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How To Sever The Legs Of An Octopus: Tunisia’S Ongoing Revolution, Matthew Hammel
How To Sever The Legs Of An Octopus: Tunisia’S Ongoing Revolution, Matthew Hammel
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The Kasbah square is large and covered in barbwire. Military men stand on the inside of the fence cradling automatic rifles, joking, chatting, texting on their cell phones. Coming out from the bustle of the souks the square feels tranquil. It is September, seven months since the square became a temporary home to thousands of protestors who demanded the end of oppressive government in Tunisia. It was here that the Tunisian people solidified their revolution, refusing to be appeased by the flight of a figurehead while the tentacles of his regime remained.
Ben Ali ruled Tunisia for twenty-three years. During …
Contradictions Between Party And Man: Student Perceptions Of Julius Malema, Annie Elise Shapiro
Contradictions Between Party And Man: Student Perceptions Of Julius Malema, Annie Elise Shapiro
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In many democratic nations around the world, a large degree of opinions exist in terms of the political parties and leaders. In South Africa, though, for the past 17 years since the end of Apartheid, the same party has ruled the national government, the ANC. In the most recent provincial elections, however, the citizens of the Western Cape voted to elect the DA to represent them. This study, therefore, seeks to explore the views of university students in the Cape Town area, which is the biggest city in the Western Cape, of politics in South Africa. More specifically, this paper …
Why Now And What's Next: The February 20th Movement’S Challenge To The State, Marina Balleria
Why Now And What's Next: The February 20th Movement’S Challenge To The State, Marina Balleria
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The Moroccan state takes a nuanced place among autocracies and democracies—the regime features fundamental democratic institutions and while the central power of the monarchy is maintained through a constellation of political, economic, social, and cultural institutions. In this case, David Brumberg’s classification of “liberalized autocracies” is useful, which defines these states as using a mixture of “guided pluralism, controlled elections and selective repression” to maintain and centralize power[1] This political structure of liberalized autocracy creates sufficient political opportunity for various protest movements to emerge but until recently few have successfully enacted change. The February 20th protest movement, inspired …