Economic Development and Corruption in the Post-Revolution Tunisia: Back to the Cycle of Ibn Khaldun

Since 14th January 2011, Tunisians managed to end the totalitarian regime settled 23 years ago by the General Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Tunisia entered a new democratic era, and started building its economy. But despite of the new social and economic model based on “clean society”, corruption is stil...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sofiane Bouhdiba
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: Ibn Haldun University 2019-07-01
Series:İbn Haldun Çalışmaları Dergisi
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journal.ihu.edu.tr/index.php/ihu1/article/view/75
_version_ 1797909300145815552
author Sofiane Bouhdiba
author_facet Sofiane Bouhdiba
author_sort Sofiane Bouhdiba
collection DOAJ
description Since 14th January 2011, Tunisians managed to end the totalitarian regime settled 23 years ago by the General Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Tunisia entered a new democratic era, and started building its economy. But despite of the new social and economic model based on “clean society”, corruption is still affecting the society and refraining the economic development of the country. The research tries to reexamine the economic development and corruption in the post-revolution Tunisia at the light of the political cycle proposed by the historian Ibn Khaldun in 1377 in the Moqaddima. The theory of Ibn Khaldun, based on the observation of rises and falls of numerous dynasties, starts with the arrival to power of an individual, acting in the name of people, claiming more justice and democracy. In the end of the Ibn Khakdoun cycle, the dynasty is affected by corruption and breaks down, and the rupture of the equilibrium between the reigning dynasty and the rising protesting tribes lead to the emergence of a new king. Did the new Tunisian economic model follow the political cycle observed by Ibn Khaldun? To what extent things got worse? Can we expect a new economic cycle in the post-revolution Tunisia? These are some of the questions to which I will try to find answers in the study. The research is organized into two sections. The first one reminds briefly the circumstances of the Jasmine revolution and the building of a new economy. The second examines the political cycle of Ibn Khaldun, showing to what extent it effectively applies to corruption in the Tunisian case.
first_indexed 2024-04-10T11:06:03Z
format Article
id doaj.art-d7140e3f6c894ee492e80242ee02422f
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2651-379X
language Arabic
last_indexed 2024-04-10T11:06:03Z
publishDate 2019-07-01
publisher Ibn Haldun University
record_format Article
series İbn Haldun Çalışmaları Dergisi
spelling doaj.art-d7140e3f6c894ee492e80242ee02422f2023-02-15T16:19:23ZaraIbn Haldun Universityİbn Haldun Çalışmaları Dergisi2651-379X2019-07-014210.36657/ihcd.2019.59Economic Development and Corruption in the Post-Revolution Tunisia: Back to the Cycle of Ibn KhaldunSofiane Bouhdiba0University of TunisSince 14th January 2011, Tunisians managed to end the totalitarian regime settled 23 years ago by the General Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Tunisia entered a new democratic era, and started building its economy. But despite of the new social and economic model based on “clean society”, corruption is still affecting the society and refraining the economic development of the country. The research tries to reexamine the economic development and corruption in the post-revolution Tunisia at the light of the political cycle proposed by the historian Ibn Khaldun in 1377 in the Moqaddima. The theory of Ibn Khaldun, based on the observation of rises and falls of numerous dynasties, starts with the arrival to power of an individual, acting in the name of people, claiming more justice and democracy. In the end of the Ibn Khakdoun cycle, the dynasty is affected by corruption and breaks down, and the rupture of the equilibrium between the reigning dynasty and the rising protesting tribes lead to the emergence of a new king. Did the new Tunisian economic model follow the political cycle observed by Ibn Khaldun? To what extent things got worse? Can we expect a new economic cycle in the post-revolution Tunisia? These are some of the questions to which I will try to find answers in the study. The research is organized into two sections. The first one reminds briefly the circumstances of the Jasmine revolution and the building of a new economy. The second examines the political cycle of Ibn Khaldun, showing to what extent it effectively applies to corruption in the Tunisian case.https://journal.ihu.edu.tr/index.php/ihu1/article/view/75Ibn KhaldunRevolutionTunisiaCycle
spellingShingle Sofiane Bouhdiba
Economic Development and Corruption in the Post-Revolution Tunisia: Back to the Cycle of Ibn Khaldun
İbn Haldun Çalışmaları Dergisi
Ibn Khaldun
Revolution
Tunisia
Cycle
title Economic Development and Corruption in the Post-Revolution Tunisia: Back to the Cycle of Ibn Khaldun
title_full Economic Development and Corruption in the Post-Revolution Tunisia: Back to the Cycle of Ibn Khaldun
title_fullStr Economic Development and Corruption in the Post-Revolution Tunisia: Back to the Cycle of Ibn Khaldun
title_full_unstemmed Economic Development and Corruption in the Post-Revolution Tunisia: Back to the Cycle of Ibn Khaldun
title_short Economic Development and Corruption in the Post-Revolution Tunisia: Back to the Cycle of Ibn Khaldun
title_sort economic development and corruption in the post revolution tunisia back to the cycle of ibn khaldun
topic Ibn Khaldun
Revolution
Tunisia
Cycle
url https://journal.ihu.edu.tr/index.php/ihu1/article/view/75
work_keys_str_mv AT sofianebouhdiba economicdevelopmentandcorruptioninthepostrevolutiontunisiabacktothecycleofibnkhaldun