The Tunisian Revolution, also known as the Jasmine Revolution, was an uprising of furious Tunisians who were worn out of living in underprivileged lifestyles under the rule of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Eventually, due to their immense and violent rebellion, Ben Ali had to step down from his presidency and flee with his family to Saudi Arabia. Overall, the Tunisian Revolution was a successful victory of the revolutionaries, for their goal of having President Ben Ali step down from presidency was achieved. As of now, Tunisia seems to be developing as a nation. Recently, the country’s coalition government actually stepped out and gave up its position, handing power to a temporary government after seeing that the conditions of its success was established. This shows that the country has adapted democracy. In addition, Tunisian women now have equal rights as men do, due to the country’s newly established constitutional court. As a whole, the Tunisian Revolution mostly followed the commonalities of revolutions that were listed in “The Anatomy of Revolution” by Crane Brinton. But in some extent, it did not have the features of a revolution that were in the mentioned book.
The Tunisian Revolution was very corresponding to “The Anatomy of Revolution”. Just as mentioned in the book, the first stages of the Jasmine Revolution included a corrupt government that was not able to handle the country well. This created a number of issues such as poverty, unemployment, food inflation, and most importantly, it created indignant men. University graduates from the middle class who were qualified but jobless were infuriated and fed up, and they led the renowned revolution in which they rebelled against President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. In addition, social networks played a huge role in the revolution. According to an article from the Huffington Post, intellectuals and activists arranged online actions mostly through Facebook, the more used social network than Twitter in the country. Furthermore, as the revolution kept on taking place in the streets of Tunis, disasters started to take place; citizens were fighting against the Tunisian military sent by the country’s government, and a number of women and children were captured as hostages by the rebels and terrorists. However, the revolution eventually came to an end when President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali finally decided to abdicate his position as President of Tunisia.
On the other hand, there were a few events that took place in the Tunisian Revolution but weren’t listed in “The Anatomy of Revolution”. First off, there was no form of government that was created by the middle class men. Rather, when former President Ben Ali gave up his presidency at the last stage of the revolution, the country’s prime minister Mohamed Ghannouchi replaced him and served as interim president. Also, instead of an injustice taxation, there was an inflation of food prices which enraged hungry people. This caused even more poverty and hunger within the country, and was also one of the main causes of the whole revolution. However, aside from these, there were no other differences between the Jasmine Revolution and “The Anatomy of Revolution”.
All in all, The events in the Jasmine Revolution had both similarities and differences with “The Anatomy of Revolution”. The similarities were that the revolution’s cause was the country’s corrupt government which created angry middle class men, and that the old form of government was successfully overthrown. However, the two had some differences as well, and that is because of the facts that there wasn’t a new form of government which was created by the actual revolutionaries, and that there was no unfair taxation in Tunisia. However, it is obvious and correct to deduce that the Tunisian Revolution was in fact one of the common types of revolutions, for it followed most of what was on “The Anatomy of Revolution”.
The Tunisian Revolution was very corresponding to “The Anatomy of Revolution”. Just as mentioned in the book, the first stages of the Jasmine Revolution included a corrupt government that was not able to handle the country well. This created a number of issues such as poverty, unemployment, food inflation, and most importantly, it created indignant men. University graduates from the middle class who were qualified but jobless were infuriated and fed up, and they led the renowned revolution in which they rebelled against President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. In addition, social networks played a huge role in the revolution. According to an article from the Huffington Post, intellectuals and activists arranged online actions mostly through Facebook, the more used social network than Twitter in the country. Furthermore, as the revolution kept on taking place in the streets of Tunis, disasters started to take place; citizens were fighting against the Tunisian military sent by the country’s government, and a number of women and children were captured as hostages by the rebels and terrorists. However, the revolution eventually came to an end when President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali finally decided to abdicate his position as President of Tunisia.
On the other hand, there were a few events that took place in the Tunisian Revolution but weren’t listed in “The Anatomy of Revolution”. First off, there was no form of government that was created by the middle class men. Rather, when former President Ben Ali gave up his presidency at the last stage of the revolution, the country’s prime minister Mohamed Ghannouchi replaced him and served as interim president. Also, instead of an injustice taxation, there was an inflation of food prices which enraged hungry people. This caused even more poverty and hunger within the country, and was also one of the main causes of the whole revolution. However, aside from these, there were no other differences between the Jasmine Revolution and “The Anatomy of Revolution”.
All in all, The events in the Jasmine Revolution had both similarities and differences with “The Anatomy of Revolution”. The similarities were that the revolution’s cause was the country’s corrupt government which created angry middle class men, and that the old form of government was successfully overthrown. However, the two had some differences as well, and that is because of the facts that there wasn’t a new form of government which was created by the actual revolutionaries, and that there was no unfair taxation in Tunisia. However, it is obvious and correct to deduce that the Tunisian Revolution was in fact one of the common types of revolutions, for it followed most of what was on “The Anatomy of Revolution”.