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The Fair Value of Bread: Tunisia, 28 December 1983–6 January 1984

Leyla Dakhli

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The “Bread Riots” that broke out in Tunisia on 28 December 1983 lasted barely ten days. Yet, they cost the lives of over one hundred people. The revolt studied here centred on two popular neighbourhoods of Tunis in the wake of massive, World Bank-sponsored development plans. This article seeks to understand how the inhabitants in these quarters reacted to the establishment of a new welfare state that was more concerned with fighting poverty – or fighting the poor – than with equalizing conditions or offering the same opportunities for everyone. Based on this case study, I argue that the great Bread Revolt of 1983–1984 marked a break with past practices of state reform and popular protest and suggest that International Monetary Fund and World Bank prescriptions and state implementations reconfigured the political and social landscape of independent Tunisia.

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hal-04727609 , version 1 (02-10-2025)

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Leyla Dakhli. The Fair Value of Bread: Tunisia, 28 December 1983–6 January 1984. International Review of Social History, 2021, 66 (S29), pp.41-68. ⟨10.1017/S0020859021000110⟩. ⟨hal-04727609⟩
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