The Politics of Sectarianism in Postwar Lebanon
This book looks at the mix of institutional, clientelist, and discursive practices that sustain the sectarian nature of Lebanon. It exposes snapshots of an ever-expanding sectarian web that occupies substantial areas of everyday life and surveys struggles waged by opponents of the system - by women, teachers, public sector employees, students or coalitions across NGOs - and how their efforts are often sabotaged or contained by numerous systematic forces.
Bassel F. Salloukh is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Lebanese American University. He is author, co-author, and co-editor of a number of books including Beyond the Arab Spring (Lynne Rienner Firm, 2012) and The Politics of Sectarianism in Postwar Lebanon (Pluto, 2015).
Rabie Barakat is Lecturer in Media Studies in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies at the American University of Beirut. He is a former news presenter and field reporter in different Arab news outlets and co-author of The Politics of Sectarianism in Postwar Lebanon (Pluto, 2015).
Jinan S. Al-Habbal is a PhD candidate in International Relations at the University of St Andrews. She is the co-author of The Politics of Sectarianism in Postwar Lebanon (Pluto, 2015).
Lara W. Khattab is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She is the co-author of The Politics of Sectarianism in Postwar Lebanon (Pluto, 2015).
Shoghig Mikaelian is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She is the co-author of The Politics of Sectarianism in Postwar Lebanon (Pluto, 2015).
1. Introduction
2. A Political History of Sectarian Institutions
3. Institutions, Sectarian Populism and the Production of Docile Subjects
4. Neoliberal Sectarianism and Associational Life
5. Sectarianism and Struggles for Socio-economic Rights
6. Elections, Electoral Laws and Sectarianism
7. Between Sectarianism and Military Development: The Paradox of the Lebanese Armed Forces
8. The Postwar Mediascape and Sectarian Demonizing
9. Overlapping Domestic/Geopolitical Contests, Hizbullah and Sectarianism
10. Conclusion
Notes
Index
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