Dividing Politics along Sectarian Lines in Lebanon

This book focuses on the political system of Lebanon; its history, institutions and the effect thereof on current political contestation. The research question reads: How have the Lebanese citizens historically been articulated as religious subjects, and how does the subsequent political system limit the scope for political contestation? The empirical data is categorized into a historical and a present perspective the division being before and after the Ta'if Agreement. The theoretical basis of the book is Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory.

Auteur

Anne Kierkegaard holds an MA in Public Administration from Roskilde University, Denmark (2010). Particular topics of interest: theories and practices of democracy, human rights, and the Middle East. From 2008 to 2009 she worked at the Danish embassy in Damascus. From 2013-2016 she will be based in Ramallah in the OPT.