Populist Authoritarian Rule by Other Means: Unpolitics, Lawfare, and Electoral Legitimacy in Tunisia's 2024 Presidential Elections
President Kais Saied's victory in the Tunisian presidential elections on 6 October 2024 could be interpreted, rather than as a simple slide toward authoritarianism, as a structured strategy combining two logics: a form of populist unpolitics based on the personalization of power, the dramatizat...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2026 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
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| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/426092 |
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| Palabra clave: | Populism Competitive authoritarianism Elections Polarization Conspiracy Tunisia http://metadata.un.org/sdg/16 http://metadata.un.org/sdg/17 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development political systems Population programmes Political movements Social participation |
| Sumario: | President Kais Saied's victory in the Tunisian presidential elections on 6 October 2024 could be interpreted, rather than as a simple slide toward authoritarianism, as a structured strategy combining two logics: a form of populist unpolitics based on the personalization of power, the dramatization of a direct link between the people and their leader, and the delegitimization of dissent, and a domestic lawfare that functions as a form of discriminatory legalism that depoliticizes elections. These two dimensions have rarely been combined in analyses of authoritarian populism: in Tunisia, they appear to be intertwined. |
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