Fighting for Socio-economic Rights on Both Sides of the Mediterranean Sea: The effects of the Arab Spring

<p>The paper aims to analyse the political instances produced by protesters during the uprisings of January 2011 in Tunisia (evolved in the destitution and escape of former president Ben Al&igrave;), which provoked the beginning of a process of transition in Tunisia. The main aim is to reconstruct &ndash;according to Foucault- the contents of the uprisings and the extended &lsquo;practices of liberation&rsquo;; to follow and analyse the Constitution-making process, and to evaluate the &lsquo;practices of liberty&rsquo; and the public space for freedom. The project aims to rebuild the grassroots instances advanced during the protests (the fights for rights) and their reception (or not reception) firstly in the preparatory works of the commissions deputed to handle the political transition, in second instance, in the new Tunisian Constitution.</p> <hr /><p>Este art&iacute;culo pretende analizar las instancias pol&iacute;ticas producidas por los manifestantes durante las revueltas de enero de 2011 en T&uacute;nez (que dieron lugar a la destituci&oacute;n y fuga del antiguo presidente Ben Al&igrave;), que dieron lugar a un proceso de transici&oacute;n en T&uacute;nez. El objetivo principal es la reconstrucci&oacute;n &ndash;seg&uacute;n Foucault- del contenido de las revueltas y las extendidas &ldquo;pr&aacute;cticas de liberaci&oacute;n&rdquo;, para, a continuaci&oacute;n, analizar el proceso constituyente, y evaluar las &ldquo;pr&aacute;cticas de libertad&rdquo; y el espacio p&uacute;blico de libertad. El proyecto pretende reconstruir las instancias populares que se desarrollaron durante las protestas (la lucha por los derechos) y su recepci&oacute;n (o falta de la misma), en primer lugar en las tareas preparatorias de las comisiones designadas para manejar la transici&oacute;n pol&iacute;tica, y en segunda instancia, la nueva Constituci&oacute;n tunecina.</p> <p><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN</strong>: <a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=2571618" target="_blank">http://ssrn.com/abstract=2571618</a>