Politics of Sectarianism in Postwar Lebanon

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).

• Preface1. Introduction2. A Political History of Sectarian Institutions3. Institutions, Sectarian Populism and the Production of Docile Subjects4. Neoliberal Sectarianism and Associational Life5. Sectarianism and Struggles for Socio-economic Rights6. Elections, Electoral Laws and Sectarianism7. Between Sectarianism and Military Development: The Paradox of the Lebanese Armed Forces8. The Postwar Mediascape and Sectarian Demonizing9. Overlapping Domestic/Geopolitical Contests, Hizbullah and Sectarianism10. ConclusionNotesIndex

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