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Youth between Participation and Exclusion
Urban Inequality, Informality and Precarity in Post-revolutionary Tunisia
Series: - Youth in a Globalizing World, Volume: 23
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While the role of youth in the Arab Spring is acknowledged, their living conditions remain critical. Johannes Frische offers a fresh perspective on Tunisiaâs post-revolutionary transition by examining employment and income strategies in disadvantaged urban areas. He reveals a grim reality: young people face structural unemployment, informality, and precariousness. Focusing on the low-income suburb of Ettadhamen in Greater Tunis, he highlights the impact of sociospatial segregation, economic stagnation, and social marginalization. This close-up on youth's everyday life challenges the notion of youth as a simple transitional phase, instead exposing their ongoing struggle with precarity and exclusion.
After studying Middle East Studies, History, and Religious Studies at the University of Leipzig, Johannes Frische earned his doctorate in Globalization Research in 2021. His scientific interests, focusing on North Africa and the Middle East, include Youth Studies, Urban Studies, Sociology, and Migration. He has undertaken several study and research visits to Tunisia, Morocco, and Syria.
Acknowledgements
List of Illustration
Abbreviations
Notes on Transcription and Terminology
Introduction: Entering a Contested Terrain
1âLocating Global Contexts and Concepts
â1âCore Issues of Urban Inequality across the North-South Divide
â2âThe Right to the City: A Global Discourse and Its Local Implications
â3âUrban Spaces: Everyday Life and the Role of the State
â4âUrban Youth: Scopes of Action and Forms of Exclusion
â5âFrom the Informal Sector to Global Informalization
â6âPrecarity and Precaritization
â7âAnalytical Perspectives for the North African Context
2âRe-tracing Development in Tunisia: Root Causes of Economic and Spatial Inequities
â1âSpatial Inequities, Social and Economic Cleavages
â2âHistorical Roots of Urbanization
â3âPolarization in the Periphery of the Greater Tunis Region
â4âSpatial and Economic Inequality
â4.1âSmall-Scale Economy and the Informal Sector
â4.2âInternal and External Migration
â4.3âCross-border Trade in the Periphery
â4.4âUrban Spaces: Markets and Street Trading in Tunis
â5âAsymmetric Integration into Globalization Processes
3âApproaching the Field: Ettadhamen as a Suburban Area in Greater Tunis
â1âOn the Emergence of Ettadhamen: Informal Settlements and Restructuring
â2âEconomic Dynamics and Spaces of Everyday Practice
â3âFrom Social Marginalization to Mobilization and Migration
â4âMethodology and Fieldwork Concerns
â4.1âAccess to the Field
â4.2âAnalytical Approach: Reconstruction of Life Situations and Everyday Conditions
â5âResearching Everyday Life in Structurally Disadvantaged Areas
4âIndividual Life Situations (2012â2013): Informal and Precarious Work or Being Jobless
â1âContextualizing Politico-Institutional and Economic Conditions
â1.1âBackground to the Flexibilization and Precaritization of Employment in Tunisia
â1.2âSelf-Employment and Microcredit Financing
â2âThe Situation of the Interviewees: Employed, Self-employed, Unemployed?
â3âSelected Case Studies (2012â13)
â3.1âBeing Jobless: Causes of Economic Disintegration
â3.2âDay Laborers and Street Vendors: Living from Hand to Mouth
â3.3âLaboring in the Family Business: A Contained Workforce
â3.4âWage Labor: Gaining Oneâs Livelihood in a Situation of Dependence
â3.5âSelf-employed Work: Autonomy Instead of Dependence?
â4âAnalytical Perspectives
â4.1âEveryday Coping in the Here and Now â- Transitions into an Uncertain Future
â4.2âInterdependencies between Informal and Precarious Work
â4.3âSelf-employment and Informal Trade as an Alternative to Wage Labor?
â4.4âGaining Mobility despite Sociospatial Segregation?
â5âSolidarity and Individual Subsistence Strategies
5âYouth in Tunisia (2016): Precarious Living Conditions and Uncertain Prospects for the Future
â1âConceptualizing Transitional Phases: Waithood and Contained Youth
â2âThe Economic Situation of Tunisian Youth
â3âFuture Prospects in the Face of Precarity and Uncertainty
â4âAn Excluded Generation?
â5âConclusion: Youth as Agents of Change?
Conclusions: Joining the Dots and Looking toward the Future
â1âStructural and Sociospatial Causes of Exclusion in the Urban Context of Tunisia
â2âPost-Revolutionary Tunisia: Youth as a Precarious Living Situation
â3âGlobal Outlook: Political Economy Perspectives on Youth
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustration
Abbreviations
Notes on Transcription and Terminology
Introduction: Entering a Contested Terrain
1âLocating Global Contexts and Concepts
â1âCore Issues of Urban Inequality across the North-South Divide
â2âThe Right to the City: A Global Discourse and Its Local Implications
â3âUrban Spaces: Everyday Life and the Role of the State
â4âUrban Youth: Scopes of Action and Forms of Exclusion
â5âFrom the Informal Sector to Global Informalization
â6âPrecarity and Precaritization
â7âAnalytical Perspectives for the North African Context
2âRe-tracing Development in Tunisia: Root Causes of Economic and Spatial Inequities
â1âSpatial Inequities, Social and Economic Cleavages
â2âHistorical Roots of Urbanization
â3âPolarization in the Periphery of the Greater Tunis Region
â4âSpatial and Economic Inequality
â4.1âSmall-Scale Economy and the Informal Sector
â4.2âInternal and External Migration
â4.3âCross-border Trade in the Periphery
â4.4âUrban Spaces: Markets and Street Trading in Tunis
â5âAsymmetric Integration into Globalization Processes
3âApproaching the Field: Ettadhamen as a Suburban Area in Greater Tunis
â1âOn the Emergence of Ettadhamen: Informal Settlements and Restructuring
â2âEconomic Dynamics and Spaces of Everyday Practice
â3âFrom Social Marginalization to Mobilization and Migration
â4âMethodology and Fieldwork Concerns
â4.1âAccess to the Field
â4.2âAnalytical Approach: Reconstruction of Life Situations and Everyday Conditions
â5âResearching Everyday Life in Structurally Disadvantaged Areas
4âIndividual Life Situations (2012â2013): Informal and Precarious Work or Being Jobless
â1âContextualizing Politico-Institutional and Economic Conditions
â1.1âBackground to the Flexibilization and Precaritization of Employment in Tunisia
â1.2âSelf-Employment and Microcredit Financing
â2âThe Situation of the Interviewees: Employed, Self-employed, Unemployed?
â3âSelected Case Studies (2012â13)
â3.1âBeing Jobless: Causes of Economic Disintegration
â3.2âDay Laborers and Street Vendors: Living from Hand to Mouth
â3.3âLaboring in the Family Business: A Contained Workforce
â3.4âWage Labor: Gaining Oneâs Livelihood in a Situation of Dependence
â3.5âSelf-employed Work: Autonomy Instead of Dependence?
â4âAnalytical Perspectives
â4.1âEveryday Coping in the Here and Now â- Transitions into an Uncertain Future
â4.2âInterdependencies between Informal and Precarious Work
â4.3âSelf-employment and Informal Trade as an Alternative to Wage Labor?
â4.4âGaining Mobility despite Sociospatial Segregation?
â5âSolidarity and Individual Subsistence Strategies
5âYouth in Tunisia (2016): Precarious Living Conditions and Uncertain Prospects for the Future
â1âConceptualizing Transitional Phases: Waithood and Contained Youth
â2âThe Economic Situation of Tunisian Youth
â3âFuture Prospects in the Face of Precarity and Uncertainty
â4âAn Excluded Generation?
â5âConclusion: Youth as Agents of Change?
Conclusions: Joining the Dots and Looking toward the Future
â1âStructural and Sociospatial Causes of Exclusion in the Urban Context of Tunisia
â2âPost-Revolutionary Tunisia: Youth as a Precarious Living Situation
â3âGlobal Outlook: Political Economy Perspectives on Youth
Bibliography
Index
This book is especially relevant for scholars, graduate students, and undergraduates specializing in Middle East Studies, Sociology, Urban Studies, Geography, and Globalization Studies. It also appeals to a broader audience, including libraries, interested in contemporary topics such as the Arab Spring's legacy and perspectives on youth.