The shifting salience of sectarianism in Lebanon: 2000-2010

Thesis

This thesis addresses the question of the shift in the sectarian framing of political conflict and violence in Lebanon by focusing on the period between 2000 and 2010. Lebanon represents an interesting case where the saliencies of sectarian dichotomies have been drastically remodelled in only a few years following the Hariri assassination in 2005. Whereas most studies focus on long-term ethnic and sectarian conflicts, few have addressed the issue of fast remodelling of sectarian divisions ...

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Authors: Majed, R

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Identity politics; Social Movements; Sectarianism; Lebanon; Ethnicity and conflict
• Subjects: Identity politics; ethnicity and conflict; Lebanon; Social movements; sectarianism