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Inequality and Mobility: Capabilities and Aspirations in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia (Sozial- und Kulturgeographie) - Softcover

 
9783837667455: Inequality and Mobility: Capabilities and Aspirations in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia (Sozial- und Kulturgeographie)
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ISBN 10: 3837667456 ISBN 13: 9783837667455
Verlag: transcript, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

After the Arab Revolutions in 2011, Tunisia became a symbol of freedom and justice and thus the hope of an entire region. Now, the picture has been reversed: Political freedoms are being curtailed and the economy is in disarray, especially after the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. In the face of expanding inequality, resentment and attacks against ›Others‹ fall on fertile ground. More than ever, mobility becomes contested – shaping spatial movements, social positions and discourses of the self – while young people, in particular, desire to leave the country. The contributors to this volume investigate the meaning of capabilities and aspirations to comprehend the histories of their erosion, but also to reveal alternative ways of imagining futures.

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Jörg Gertel ist Professor für Arabistik und Wirtschaftsgeographie an der Universität Leipzig. Seine Ausbildung brachte ihn an die Universitäten von Damaskus, Kairo und Khartoum. Er lehrte und forschte zudem an der Universität Freiburg sowie mehrfach in Seattle und Auckland. Im Zentrum seiner Forschung stehen der weitere Mittelmeerraum und Fragen zur Nahrungssicherheit, Mobilitäts- und Marktdynamik sowie der Situation von Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen.

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After the revolutions in 2011, Tunisia became a symbol of freedom and justice and thus the hope of an entire region. Now, the picture has been reversed: political freedoms are being curtailed and the economy is in disarray, especially after the pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine. Resentment and attacks against ›Others‹ fall on fertile ground in the face of expanding inequality. Simultaneously, particularly younger people desire to leave the country. The contributors to this volume investigate the capabilities and aspirations to comprehend their histories of erosion, but also to reveal alternative ways of imagining futures.

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»This volume is not simply a Tunisian case study, but rather a contemporary anthropological reading of the post-revolutionary reality in the Maghreb.« ― Houda Laroussi, University of Carthage, Tunis, author of »Tunisia in Crises«

»›Inequality and Mobility‹« opens new perspectives for comparison across the region, from the Mediterranean to the Mashreq.« ― Nadia Al-Bagdadi, Central European University, Vienna; co-editor of »Striking from the Margins«

»This superb volume is a crucial resource for those seeking to understand the complex challenges faced by the peoples of North Africa in their search for a life of dignity, equality, and prosperity.« ― Charles Hirschkind, University of California, Berkeley; author of »The Ethical Soundscape«

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Verlag
transcript
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3837667456
ISBN 13 
9783837667455
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
306
Herausgeber
Gertel Jörg, Grüneisl Katharina
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