Andrea Teti

TL;DR: In this paper, critical discourse analysis (CDA) is used to analyse the EU's first policy reassessment in light of the Arab uprisings, focusing on the way two pillars of the debate on democracy are defined and how they are organized into a narrative about democracy and its promotion.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that despite repeated calls since the inception of these fields, this interdisciplinary gap has never been bridged, arguing that while intellectual convergence may be a necessary condition for interdisciplinarity, only a shift in epistemic grounds within which fields understand their scholarship can bring this about, and that this in turn requires a change in the way knowledge is organized and produced.

TL;DR: On 17 December 2010, Mohamad Bouazizi set himself on fire in desperation in the small Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, sparking what became a revolution which in barely 28 days toppled one of the most prominent leaders of the 2011 Tunisian revolution as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on how the EU has interpreted the Arab uprisings as they unfolded in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) since December 2010 and analyze the EU's efforts at recreating an enhanced framework of support for political reforms in the south.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that corruption is a major and obvious breach of trust in the Middle East and North African (MENA) and that the same is true for civil corruption.