, Path dependent arguments based on positive feedback suggest that not only 'big' events have big consequences; little ones that happen at the right time can have major consequences as well". 6 -According to Camau and Geisser: "youssefism became the paradigm of all those who did not accept Bourguiba's victory and the seizure of his cronies, 251) defines path dependence a "social process grounded in a dynamic of 'increasing returns, vol.144, 2000.
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, In the electoral leaflets distributed during the campaign, the party has placed faces of 'normal people', representing all strata of society
, Lotfi Zitouni, an important national leader, gave the speech; in the second Rached Ghannouchi, the President of the party, himself gave the speech. In both speeches the main discourse of the campaign was based on presenting Nahda as the responsible party to trust, in order both to maintain democratic country and to start a new period of economic growth. 11 -On the same topic see also the pivotal study by Rueshemeyer, Nahda electoral rallies in Manouba, in the north, and in Djerba, in the south. In the first one, 1986.
, For a good synthetic overview on the transitology debate and its future perspective see Schmitter, 2013.
, For a reference to an historical critical overview of the use of 'civil society' as a paradigm in political science see Fooley, 1998.
, For the links between the AKP and the bourgeois, -On the phenomenon of the Anatolian Tigers see: Demir, Acar, Toprak (2004) and Hosgör, 2009.
, The Nahda hegemonic strategy as being inspired from the AKP's experience has been indirectly unveiled during the fieldwork. In particular, during the interview with Lubna Moalla, human rights activist and close to the local party in Sfax. Interview with the authors, 2012.
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