Transition and Regional Disparity in Tunisia: Legislative Reforms and Sociocultural Constraints

Abstract

This article aims to reveal the different causes that have generated the phenomenon of regional disparity in Tunisia. It is for this reason that we tried to adopt a multidimensional approach which took into consideration both the role of economic variables and those of a sociological or legal nature. In fact, since the “revolutionary mobility” of 2011, we have witnessed several attempts to remedy the phenomenon of regional disparity, developed by the various post-revolutionary governments. However, this phenomenon persists and becomes more and more serious given the accumulation of frustrations, and the ineffectiveness of all the measures taken by the various governments. Indeed, in addition to economic variables, this regional disparity is due to socio-cultural variables, which are essentially the domination of populist choices and the anchoring of patronage behavior in the culture of society and in particular within the Politic field