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The Shiʻa of Lebanon : clans, parties and clerics

By Shanahan , Rodger

Book information

Publisher
Tauris Academic Studies, Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2005
ISBN
1-85043-766-1, 978-1-85043-766-6, 9781423744368, 1423744365
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10502359 bytes)
Series
Library of modern Middle East studies
Edition
First Edition
Pages
208\221
Time added
2016-04-05 23:00:00

Description

The Shi'a of Lebanon have emerged in the last twenty years to become a major force in Lebanese politics having long been a marginalized political community. Rodger Shanahan's book examines the reasons behind this transformation from a largely rural population dominated by a handful of elite families, to an assertive sectarian force whose new found power is exemplified by the emergence of Shi'a parties such as Amal and Hizballah.

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