Preface
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
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).
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