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11 Middle E. L. & Governance 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/measterna11 and id is 1 raw text is: MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE EAST LAW AND GOVERNANCE 11 (2019) 1-37 LAWAND INTERDISCIPUNARY GOVERNANCE JOURNAL BRILL brillcom/melg Cartelization, Neoliberalism, and the Foreclosure of the Jasmine Revolution: Democracy's Troubles in Tunisia Colin Powers Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies cpower5@jhu.edu Abstract While frequently hailed as the sole success story of the Arab Uprisings, the consolida- tion of Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution has in fact proven deeply problematic. This paper will argue that the frailty of Tunisia's democratic present is a direct function of lib- eral democratization, specifically implicating this practice of democratization in the hollowing and cartelization of the political system. In insulating policymaking within a host of nocturnal councils, I will argue that liberal democratization has purposefully obstructed the translation of popular preferences into policy outcomes, thereby pre- venting the Tunisian people from realizing the social democracy they so clearly desire. Keywords Democratization - neoliberalism - Islamism While frequently hailed as the sole success story of the Arab Uprisings, the consolidation of Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution has in fact proven deeply prob- lematic. A brief survey of either the municipal elections of 20181 or the national elections of 2011 and 2014,2 for example, reveals a polity plagued by stubborn, I As documented by the Instance Superieure Independante Pour Les Elections (ISIE), 2018'S Municipal Elections saw only 33.7% of the 5.4 million registered voters turn out at the polls (or a real voter turnout of roughly 1.8 million). http://www.isie.tn/. 2 Benjamin Preisler, Three Remarks on the Tunisian elections, The Washington Post, January 5,2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/o/o5/three- remarks-on-the-tunisian-elections/?noredirect=on&utmterm= .4e926cc6ba65- © KONINKLIJKE BRILL NV, LEIDEN, 2019 DOI 10.1163/18763375-01101003

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