The “Bread Riots” that broke out in Tunisia on 28 December 1983 lasted barely ten days. Yet, they cost the lives of over one hundred people. The revolt studied here centred on two popular neighbourhoods of Tunis in the wake of massive, World Bank-sponsored development plans. This article seeks to understand how the inhabitants in these quarters reacted to the establishment of a new welfare state that was more concerned with fighting poverty – or fighting the poor – than with equalizing conditions or offering the same opportunities for everyone. Based on this case study, I argue that the great Bread Revolt of 1983–1984 marked a break with past practices of state reform and popular protest and suggest that International Monetary Fund and World Bank prescriptions and state implementations reconfigured the political and social landscape of independent Tunisia.

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面包的公允价值：突尼斯，1983 年 12 月 28 日至 1984 年 1 月 6 日

1983 年 12 月 28 日在突尼斯爆发的“面包暴动”仅持续了 10 天。然而，它们却夺去了一百多人的生命。在世界银行赞助的大规模发展计划之后，这里研究的反抗集中在突尼斯的两个受欢迎的社区。本文旨在了解这些地区的居民对建立一个更关心与贫困作斗争（或与穷人作斗争）而不是平等条件或为每个人提供相同机会的新福利国家的反应。基于这个案例研究，