Rethinking Hizballah: Legitimacy, Authority, Violence
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Main Author: Abboud, Samer N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1047
Item Description:Framing and analysing Hizballah through the perspective of the 'resistance society'; an articulation of identity politics that informs the violent and non-violent political strategies of the movement, Abboud and Muller demonstrate how Hizballah poses a challenge to the Lebanese state through its acquisition and exercise of private authority, and the implications this has for other Lebanese political actors. An essential insight into the complexities of the workings of Hizballah, this book broadens our understanding of how legitimacy, authority and violence can be acquired and exercised outside
Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Lebanon's Sectarian System; 3 Legitimacy, Authority and Resistance; 4 Violence and Legitimacy in the Lebanese Context 1985-2010; 5 Sovereignty, International Relations and the Curious Case of Hizballah; 6 The Special Tribunal for Lebanon; 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-136) and index
Physical Description:163 pages
ISBN:9780754699224
0754699226
9781409484882
1409484882
9780754679660
0754679667

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