Record Nr.

UNINA9910826402203321

Autore

Kingston Paul W. T

Titolo

Reproducing sectarianism : advocacy networks and the politics of civil society in postwar lebanon / / Paul Kingston

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Albany, : Published by State University of New York Press, [2013]

ISBN

1-4619-3542-3

1-4384-4713-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Disciplina

322.4095692

Soggetti

Political participation - Lebanon

Non-governmental organizations - Lebanon

Pressure groups - Lebanon

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Reproducing Sectarianism: Advocacy Networks and the Politics of Civil Society in Postwar Lebanon""; ""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter 1: Advocacy Politics within Weak and Fragmented States: A Framework for Analysis""; ""Chapter 2: Sectarian Democracy in Modern Lebanon: Its Emergence, Consolidation, and Reproduction""; ""Chapter 3: Struggling for Civic Space: Associational Politics within Lebanonâ€?s Postwar Sectarian Democracy""; ""Chapter 4: Confronting Sectarian â€œVeto Pointsâ€?: Womenâ€?s Advocacy Politics in Postwar Lebanon""

""Chapter 5: The â€œGreeningâ€? of Sectarianism: The Rise and Fall of Environmental Advocacy in Postwar Lebanon""""Chapter 6: Chehabism from Below?: Disability Advocacy and the Challenge of Sustaining Policy Reform""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The Arab Spring in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere has highlighted the growing importance of the politics of civil society in the contemporary Middle East. In Reproducing Sectarianism, Paul W. T. Kingston examines rights-oriented advocacy networks within Lebanon's postwar civil society, focusing on movements and political campaigns based on gender relations, the environment, and disability. Set within Lebanon's postwar sectarian democracy, whose factionalizing dynamics

have long penetrated the country's civil society, Kingston's fascinating study provides an in-depth analysis of the successes and challenges that ensued in promoting rights-oriented social policies. Drawing on extensive field research, including interviews and a wealth of primary documents, Kingston has produced a groundbreaking work that will be of interest to Middle East experts and nonexperts alike.