Overview

Examines the politics of civil society in modern Lebanon.

Full Product Details

Author:   Paul W. T. Kingston
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.626kg
ISBN:  

9781438447117

ISBN 10:   1438447116
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   01 June 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

"Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Advocacy Politics within Weak and Fragmented States: A Framework for Analysis 2. Sectarian Democracy in Modern Lebanon: Its Emergence, Consolidation, and Reproduction 3. Struggling for Civic Space: Associated Politics within Lebanon's Postwar Sectarian Democracy 4. Confronting Sectarian ""Veto Points"": Women's Advocacy Politics in Postwar Lebanon 5. The ""Greening"" of Sectarianism: The Rise and Fall of Environmental Advocacy in Postwar Lebanon 6. Chehabism from Below? Disability Advocacy and the Challenge of Sustaining Policy Reform Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index"

Reviews

"""This book is a serious effort by Kingston ... to apply a complicated social science paradigm to a complex problem ... A good book for specialists in social policy."" - CHOICE"

This book is a serious effort by Kingston ... to apply a complicated social science paradigm to a complex problem ... A good book for specialists in social policy. - CHOICE

Author Information

Paul W. T. Kingston is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Development Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough. He is the author of Britain and the Politics of Modernization in the Middle East, 1945-1958 and the coeditor (with Ian S. Spears) of States within States: Incipient Political Entities in the Post-Cold War Era.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions