A history covering the Bourguiba years (1956-1987) and Ben Ali’s presidency (1987-2011) to the Arab revolutions with a close look at Tunisia’s current social and political history. This small country, turned toward the West and its modern lifestyles, has been experiencing a new political era since the Jasmine Revolution.
Larbi Chouikha, a professor of higher education at l’Institut de presse et des sciences de l’information (IPSI, Université de la Manouba, Tunisie). He has written numerous articles on the state of the media and political change in Tunisia. He was a member of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) that supervised the 23 October 2011 elections for the National Constituents Assembly.
Éric Gobe, a research director at the Institut de recherche sur le Maghreb contemporain de Tunis, is author of Les Avocats en Tunisie de la colonisation à la révolution (1883-2011) (IRMC/Karthala 2013), Les Ingénieurs tunisiens : dynamiques récentes d’un groupe professionnel (with Saïd Ben Sedrine, L’Harmattan 2004), Les Hommes d’affaires égyptiens (Karthala, 1999).