List of Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction Economic Liberalization and the State in the Developing World: from Corporatism to Authoritarianism Rise and Fall of the Corporatist State in Tunisia, 1956-1987 The Roots of Crisis: Economic Policy under Bourguiba, 1956-1987 Macroeconomic Stabilization and Early Economic Reform: the Seventh Development Plan, 1987-1991 The Consolidation of Structural Adjustment: the Eighth Development Plan, 1992-1996 The Politics of Reconciliation and Reform, 1987-1990 The Reassertion of the State, 1990-1997 The Disarticulation of Multi-party Corporatism: State and Society under Ben Ali Bibliography Index