Populist Authoritarian Rule by Other Means: Unpolitics, Lawfare, and Electoral Legitimacy in Tunisia’s 2024 Presidential Elections
Journal of Asian and African Studies
Published online on March 18, 2026
Abstract
Journal of Asian and African Studies, Ahead of Print.
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 ...
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 ...