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The formation of the modern Lebanese state; 1.1 The birth of the Lebanese state; The seeds of modern Lebanon (up to 1860); The Mutasarrifiyya (1860-1918); The French mandate period (1919-46); The creation of Le Grand Liban; The institutional foundations of the modern state; Developments during the mandate period; The end of the mandate; The National Pact and the creation of the modern state; 1.2 The functional state; The main features of the political order (1946-75) 327 $aThe confessional elites and the patron-client system The consociational democracy; Susceptibility of the system to external pressures; Dominant themes in the functional state context (1946-75); Adherence to specified institutional norms; Fixed locus of elite politics; Economic prosperity; Presidential ascendancy; Major political developments (1946-75); Khoury's Presidency (1946-52); Chamoun's Presidency (1952-58); Chehab's Presidency (1958-64); Helou's Presidency (1964-70); Franjieh's Presidency (1970-76); Increased PLO presence in Lebanon and the collapse of the Lebanese state. 327 $a1.3 Understanding the collapse of the Lebanese state The different schools of thought; A critical assessment; The weakness of the Lebanese state; Demographic shifts and the power-sharing arrangements; External penetration of the Lebanese system; 2. The civil war: 1975-90; 2.1 Major developments during the civil war period; Phase I: 1975-76 - the decline of the Lebanese state and Syrian intervention; Phase II: 1976-82 - sectarian entrenchment and shifting alliances; Phase III: 1982-85 - the 1982 Israeli invasion and subsequent events; Phase IV: 1985-88 - militia rule. 327 $aPhase V: 1988-90 - "dual government" and the end of the civil war2.2 Critical systemic implications of the civil war; The loss of state authority; Change within the Lebanese elites; Penetration by external actors; Lebanon becomes a pariah state; Economic devastation; 3. The post-war political system; Part I: The Lebanese Political System from 1990 to 2005; 3.1 Continuity and change in the post-war context; Analysis of the Ta'if Accord and its implementation; Systemic weaknesses in the Lebanese political context and the provisions of the Ta'if Accord; Implementation of the Ta'if Accord 327 $aConclusion 3.2 The essential characteristics of the 1990-2005 post-war political system; Syrian hegemony in the Lebanese context; Syria, South Lebanon and the Arab-Israeli conflict; Syria's role in Lebanon and the international community; Other Syrian interests and domestic factors in the Lebanese context; The post-Ta'if character of state institutions; Overview; The Chamber of Deputies; The cabinet; The troika system; Extra-institutional elements in the post-war system; 3.3 Major political developments in the post-war period; The first two post-war governments: 1990-92 327 $aThe 1992 parliamentary elections and the accession of Hariri 330 $aWritten in a clear and systematic manner, this highly topical read fills a conspicuous gap in existing academic literature on the contemporary political environment and society in Lebanon. 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The Taming of the Shrew, Women's Jest, and the Divided Audience; 15 The Comedy of Errors and The Calumny of Apelles: An Exercise in Source Study; 16 Love's Labour's Lost; 17 A Midsummer Night's Dream; 18 Rubbing at Whitewash: Intolerance in The Merchant of Venice; 19 The Merry Wives of Windsor: Unhusbanding Desires in Windsor 327 $a20 Much Ado About Nothing21 As You Like It; 22 Twelfth Night: "The Babbling Gossip of the Air"; Index 330 $aThis four-volume Companion to Shakespeare's Works, compiled as a single entity, offers a uniquely comprehensive snapshot of current Shakespeare criticism. Brings together new essays from a mixture of younger and more established scholars from around the world - Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Examines each of Shakespeare's plays and major poems, using all the resources of contemporary criticism, from performance studies to feminist, historicist, and textual analysis. 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