Civil-Military Relations in Lebanon

Conflict, Cohesion and Confessionalism in a Divided Society

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

This volume examines Lebanon’s post-2011 security dilemmas and the tenuous civil-military relations. The spill-over from the Syrian civil war and Hezbollah’s military engagement has magnified the security challenges facing the Army, making it a target.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-09-14
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:338 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:155
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319551661

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Are John Knudsen is Senior Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Bergen, Norway. He is a social anthropologist focusing on peace, conflict and forced migration in South Asia and the Middle East. Tine Gade is a Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) 2016-2018. A political scientist, she works on Islamism and political leadership in Lebanon and Iraq.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Chapter 1: The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): A United Army for a Divided Country?.- Chapter 2: The Lebanese Army after the Syrian Crisis: Alienating the Sunni Community?.- Chapter 3: Allure of the Army? Recruiting Rural Youth in the Lebanese Armed Forces.- Chapter 4: Patrolling a Proxy War: Citizens, Soldiers and Zuʻama in Syria Street, Tripoli.- Chapter 5: Gendering (In-) Security: The Army, Barriers and Frontiers in Urban Tripoli.- Chapter 6: Palestinian Camp–Military Relations in Lebanon: The Case of Nahr al-Bared.- Chapter 7: The Lebanese Armed Forces in Regional Perspective.