The struggles of precarious youth in Tunisia: the case of the Kerkennah movement

Lorenzo Feltrin

Review of African Political Economy, 2018, vol. 45, issue 155, 44-63

Abstract: This article analyses the origins and the dynamics of the social movement against the energy corporation Petrofac that took place in the Tunisian archipelago of Kerkennah between 2011 and 2016. The Kerkennah movement is seen as part of a broader cycle of mobilisations for social justice that started in 2008 and continues to the present day. The main subjects of these mobilisations are young people lacking sources of regular income and their core demands are secure employment and local development. It is argued that communal solidarities were key in compensating for the lack of occupational cohesion among the protesters.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2017.1416460

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