Inequality and Mobility: Eroding Capabilities and Aspirations in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia

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Jorg Gertel Katharina Gruneisl

Inequality and Mobility

Eroding Capabilities and Aspirations in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia

Jorg Gertel, Katharina Gruneisl

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Transcript Verlag
16 July 2024

Human geography

Series: Social and Cultural Geography

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.

Edited by: Jorg Gertel, Katharina Gruneisl
Imprint: Transcript Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 15mm,
Weight: 393g
ISBN: 9783837667455
ISBN 10: 3837667456
Series: Social and Cultural Geography
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 16 July 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

J�rg Gertel (Prof. Dr.) is a professor of Arabic studies and economic geography at Universit�t Leipzig. His education took him to the universities of Damascus, Cairo and Khartoum. He also taught and conducted research at Universit�t Freiburg and several times in Seattle and Auckland. His research focuses on the wider Mediterranean region and questions of food security, mobility and market dynamics, and the situation of youth and young adults. Katharina Gr�neisl (Dr.) is a postdoctoral research fellow in Geography at the University of Nottingham. Her current research examines gendered relations of work in Jordan's industrial zones for export-oriented garment manufacturing. She completed a PhD in Human Geography at Durham University in 2021 and has since held postdoctoral positions at Universit�t Leipzig and the �cole des Hautes �tudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. Her dissertation project examines urban change through the lens of the used clothing economy in Tunisia's capital city.