Lebanon - Liberation, Conflict, and Crisis

Zusatztext 'A rare panoptical book on Lebanon! illustrating the country's complexity and exhilarating intangibles.' - Michael Young! Opinion Editor! The Daily Star! Lebanon Informationen zum Autor BARRY RUBIN   is Director of the GLORIA Center, editor of MERIA Journal , and editor of the Middle East in Focus series for Palgrave Macmillan. Klappentext No country in the world has more political battles! military conflicts! and ethnic complexity per person and per square mile than does Lebanon. This book explains the issues! events! and personalities involved in one of the globe's most dramatic and important stories. Zusammenfassung No country in the world has more political battles! military conflicts! and ethnic complexity per person and per square mile than does Lebanon. This book explains the issues! events! and personalities involved in one of the globe's most dramatic and important stories. Inhaltsverzeichnis Reflections on Lebanon; W.Harris What Makes Lebanon a Distinctive Country?; E.Fawaz Lebanon's Militia Wars; T.Badran Lebanon's Roller Coaster Ride; W.Harris Demographic Dilemmas; M.Farha Lebanon's Culture: Popular Music as a Case Study; C.P.Freund Lebanon's Economy between Violence and Political Stalemate; N.Raphaeli Islamist Groups in Lebanon; G.Gambill Hizballah in Lebanon: Between Tehran and Beirut, between the Struggle with Israel, and the Struggle for Lebanon; E.Zisser The Lebanese Shi'a as a Political Community; O.Nir Israel and Lebanon: Problematic Proximity; J.Spyer America and the Lebanon Issue; D.Schenker

Produktdetails

• Autoren: B Rubin, B. Rubin, Barry Rubin, Rubin Barry
• Mitarbeit: Barry Rubin (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 12.10.2009
• EAN: 9780230605879
• ISBN: 978-0-230-60587-9
• Seiten: 255
• Serien: Middle East in Focus; Middle East in Focus
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Sonstiges; Naher Osten, B, Culture, Political Science, International Relations, Middle East, auseinandersetzen, Diplomacy, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Middle East—Politics and government, Middle Eastern Politics, Middle Eastern Culture, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie, complexity;conflict;economy;Israel;violence