Abstract
This article not only recounts the events that led to the revolution in Tunisia, but also provides an analysis of its causes, describes its significant actors, and attempts to put the Tunisian uprising in comparative perspective with the other revolutions in North Africa that followed it. To explain the revolt, the article focuses on the disparities in wealth distribution between interior and coastal Tunisia; the bleak employment prospects of Tunisian youth; fatigue with President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's system of authoritarianism; the use of e-mail, text messaging, and Facebook to broadcast the revolution; and the special roles played by lawyers, judges, and labor union activists in organizing the later stages of the revolution. Additional analyses are provided concerning the disparate roles played by the army and the police in supporting and opposing the revolution.
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