Positioned at the intersection of Sociology, Urban Studies, Youth Studies, and Middle East Studies, Youth between Participation and Exclusion addresses key debates on urban inequality, informality, and precarity across the north-south divide, with a particular focus on urban youth in the context of Tunisia’s post-revolutionary transition.

While the role of youth in the Arab Spring is acknowledged, their living conditions remain critical. Johannes Frische offers a fresh perspective on Tunisia’s post-revolutionary transition by examining employment and income strategies in disadvantaged urban areas. He reveals a grim reality: young people face structural unemployment, informality, and precariousness. Focusing on the low-income suburb of Ettadhamen in Greater Tunis, he highlights the impact of sociospatial segregation, economic stagnation, and social marginalization. This close-up on youth's everyday life challenges the notion of youth as a simple transitional phase, instead exposing their ongoing struggle with precarity and exclusion.