Source:
The New York Times
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Published Date:
02/14/2013
The challenges that many Arab Spring countries currently face are similar to those faced by other countries who have gone through major revolutions in the past several decades.
Following the one-year anniversary of Tunisia’s elections for its National Constituent Assembly (NCA) – the first polls of the Arab Spring – citizens are frustrated by political infighting and the lack of progress on key political and economic issues, according to a new round of NDI focus group research.
Author:
Nicole Rowsell and Asma Ben Yahia
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
12/12/2012
Resource Type:
Focus Group Report
Language:
English, Arabic
For those who have never experienced a freewheeling political campaign, the raucousness of an American election season can be inspiring and overwhelming. Talking is incessant in rooms of phone bank volunteers searching for votes, energetic political party members go door to door in last minute appeals for support and candidates talk nonstop in the countdown to election day.
Source:
Foreign Policy
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Published Date:
11/02/2012
Steven Fish and Katherine E. Michel contend that despite some challenges, “Tunisia has made remarkable progress toward democracy.” Results from their empirical study indicated that “Tunisia's decision to create a system with a strong parliament and a constrained president is a recipe for robust democracy.”
Author:
National Democratic Institute
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
11/01/2012
Resource Type:
Press Release
Language:
English
A delegation of young political party representatives from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia are visiting the United States this week on a study mission to observe the U.S electoral process, and particularly the role of youth, with the goal of gathering information on techniques they can bring back and adapt in their home countries.
Janet Brown, executive director, Commission on Presidential Debates; Trevor Fearon, advisor, Jamaica Debates Commission
With the 2nd U.S. presidential debate as a backdrop, 25 visitors from 12 countries came to Hofstra University in New York in mid-October to exchange information about putting on debates in their own countries and witness first-hand the intricacies of organizing the Oct. 16 matchup between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney.
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...Recent opinion surveys, the latest being last month’s US National Democratic Institute research, confirm the primacy of Facebook as a communication tool for young Tunisians.
A voter reads up on the different political parties running in October's National Constituent Assembly election. Photo by NDITech
Tunisians remain committed to the democratic process but are becoming increasingly disappointed with their government’s perceived lack of accomplishments, according to the findings of a new round of NDI focus group research.
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