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Browsing by Subject "Lebanon -- Politics and government -- 21st century"

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Browsing by Subject "Lebanon -- Politics and government -- 21st century"

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  • Elite Sectarianism, Foreign Intervention, and Political Change 
    Awad, Ramzi (Lebanese American University, 2023-05-17)
    Since its conception and until 2020, Lebanon has been riddled by a plethora of political crises, from gridlocks, economic crises, and many more institutional failures to all-out war. Despite all, the Lebanese “formula” has ...
  • Hezbollah. (c2017) 
    Wahab, Hadi (Lebanese American University, 2017-12-08)
    This thesis examines what kind of label as a non-state actor does Hezbollah fit. Can it be described as an autonomous non-state actor or, alternatively, a proxy one? To explain this puzzle, the thesis focuses on specific ...
  • The Impact of Electoral Engineering on Political Moderation and Stability in Divided Societies 
    Khoueiry, Youssef (Lebanese American University, 2021-03-12)
    Politicization of ethnic identities is a major impediment to moderation in deeply divided societies. Two schools of thought dominate the literature on democracy in those types of societies, consociationalism and centripetalism. ...
  • In Absentia at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon 
    Sheehan, Sean (Lebanese American University, 2017-04-26)
    The issue of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s use of in absentia has become a complex political debate in Lebanon and an intricate legal discussion in the international tribunal system. The Tribunal’s creation was ignited ...
  • Lebanon and refugees between laws and reality. (c2014) 
    El Helou, Hala A. (Lebanese American University, 2016-05-06)
    The Republic of Lebanon is, by its own terms, not a country of asylum and therefore not a final destination for refugees. However, it has been a host country for them for a long time. Moving from the premise that this ...
  • Lebanon's financial crisis and the International Monetary Fund 
    Hamadeh, Hawraa (Lebanese American University, 2022-05-26)
    This study addresses the reasons behind the failure of the Hassan Diab Government in Lebanon (January 2020-September 2021) to present a comprehensive and credible package of reforms to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). ...
  • A Non-‘Sextarian’ Lebanon 
    Fournouzlian, Sandra (Lebanese American University, 2021-07-26)
    Sectarianism has long been the main form of identity in Lebanon, with allegiance to the sect more prominent than allegiance to the state. However, in recent years, Lebanon has been witnessing the emergence of alternative ...
  • On the Issue of Oil. (c2017) 
    El-Chammas, Diana (Lebanese American University, 2018-03-06)
    Tensions between Lebanon and Israel have lately been on the rise due to the two countries’ opposing proposals for the delineation of their respective Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ), and the resulting overlapping maritime ...
  • The persistence of clientelism in Lebanon. (c2015) 
    Geadah, Joey (Lebanese American University, 2015-02-26)
    How does clientelism implicate the political, economic and governance foundation of a developing nation? This thesis examines clientelism as it coincides with sectarian consociational power sharing arrangement in a fragile ...
  • Political identity formation in postwar Lebanon. (c2011) 
    Daoud, Mona (Lebanese American University, 2012-03-28)
    This thesis examines how the discourse of two political leaders in Lebanon, Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, the Secretary General of Hizbullah, a Shiite based party and Samir Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces, a Marnoite ...
  • Prospects For Reform by Alternative Lebanese Parliamentarians 
    Yamout, Rawane (Lebanese American University, 2023-05-09)
    Lebanon adopts the consociational model, which necessitates a power-sharing arrangement between divergent political groups within the country’s legislative and executive Lebanon adopts the consociational model, which ...
  • Salafi Jihadism in post-2005 Lebanon. (c2015) 
    Al Hassan, Farah (Lebanese American University, 2016-01-29)
    The purpose of the thesis is to prove that the sectarian division in Lebanon is a factor that facilitates the emergence and survival of Salafi Jihadi groups in the country. It shows how the sectarian division, be it on ...
  • Statelessness under confessionalism. (c2017) 
    Molaeb, Karoline (Lebanese American University, 2018-06-05)
    Being a citizen of a state is an inevitable right. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees approximates that there are around twelve million stateless people around the globe. The problem of statelessness stands ...