Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-417) and index.
Contents
pt. I. Introduction. 1. Situating the Breakdown. 2. The Shortcomings of the Lebanese System in the Pre-War Period: The Academic Debate -- pt. II. The Political and Communal Scene in Pre-War Lebanon. 3. The Uneven Communal Development of Lebanese Society. 4. Varying Paths to Communal Za'ama: Maronite and Sunni. 5. Communal Disparities and State Policies. 6. The Age of Ideology and Mass Politics -- pt. III. The Lebanese State and the Arab State System. 7. State-Society Relations: Situating the Lebanese State. 8. The Lebanese State and the Arab State System; Varying Paths to Power. 9. The Porous Lebanese State and the Arab State System. 10. PLO Defiance of State Authority: Jordan Versus Lebanon.
Reproduction
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