Authorpreneur Dashboard – Mohamed Nejib Gorgi
Citizens’ People: How Tunisia’s Democratic Soul Was Born, Betrayed, and Can Be Reborn
Politics & Social Sciences
Rooted in Tunisia’s democratic experiment, Citizens’ People: How Tunisia’s Democratic Soul Was Born, Betrayed, and Can Be Reborn reframes how societies move from Subjects’ People—populations shaped by authority—to Citizens’ People—communities that act, deliberate, and hold power accountable. Combining clear theory with practical case studies, this book offers a compact toolkit for recognizing democratic erosion, building civic capacity, and preventing reversion to authoritarian habits.
Students will find a rigorous framework for comparative analysis. Professionals in governance, NGOs, and education will gain actionable strategies to design institutions and programs that foster civic agency. Engaged citizens will discover everyday practices and organizing tactics that strengthen democratic culture. Each chapter translates Tunisia’s lessons into globally applicable steps for civic education, institutional reform, and community mobilization.
If you want a readable, evidence based guide that bridges scholarship and practice, this book shows how citizenship is built, defended, and renewed. Read it to learn how democracies survive not by accident but by design, and how citizens everywhere can keep democracy alive.
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The Soul of Citizenship
The story of Tunisia’s democratic journey is not only a national chronicle but a universal mirror. In Citizens’ People, I sought to capture the fragile yet resilient heartbeat of democracy — how it emerges from collective courage, falters under betrayal, and can be reborn through renewed civic commitment. My insight is simple yet urgent: democracy is not a gift bestowed from above, but a practice sustained from below. It thrives when citizens embrace responsibility, when they resist polarization, and when they refuse to surrender their voice to despair or manipulation. Tunisia’s experience, with its triumphs and setbacks, reveals that the soul of democracy lies not in institutions alone, but in the daily actions of ordinary people who choose to participate, to question, and to hope. This book is both a reflection and a call. It reflects on Tunisia’s struggle as a case study, but it also calls on citizens everywhere to recognize their power in shaping democratic futures. The lesson is clear: democracy can be betrayed, but it can also be reborn — if citizens reclaim it as their own.
