Tunisia and Egypt in the polls! Revolution or restoration of electoral sociology? ; Tunisie et Égypte aux urnes ! Révolution ou restauration de la sociologie électorale ?
this article aims to reflect on how the 2011 and 2012 elections in Tunisia and Egypt can change our approaches to the Electoral Act. Against the background of political uncertainty, he questioned these elections 'not like the others' from two angles: it calls, first of all, not to confine itself to the functionalist readings which assign to the elections a decisive role both in reproducing authoritarian power relations and in regime change and democratisation; he then wondered about the possibilities, if not a revolution, of at least restoration or even inauguration of electoral sociology in these areas, where, for practical reasons (difficulties in accessing information and manipulation of results), but also more theoretical, it was only at its forefront. He compares how, despite the breakdowns introduced by the revolution, local electoral history can now influence candidacies, voting and its hermeneutics; and, in turn, looks at the innovations that can be identified in these elections that are more free and competitive than previous ones: changes in representation, restructuring of party organisations, metamorphosis of clientelism and leadership, or changes in electoral behaviour make it possible to identify not only legacies and declines between the old and the new regime, but also between 'street politics' and 'urn politics', between the 'people in revolution' and the 'electoral corps'. ; International audience ; this article aims to reflect on how the 2011 and 2012 elections in Tunisia and Egypt can change our approaches to the Electoral Act. Against the background of political uncertainty, he questioned these elections 'not like the others' from two angles: it calls, first of all, not to confine itself to the functionalist readings which assign to the elections a decisive role both in reproducing authoritarian power relations and in regime change and democratisation; he then wondered about the possibilities, if not a revolution, of at least restoration or even inauguration of electoral sociology in these ...