Sectarianism and political order in Iraq and Lebanon
Abstract
Although Iraq and Lebanon are deeply divided societies, they have followed varying political trajectories. Whilst Lebanon has accommodated sectarianism within a consociational democracy since its inception, until 2003 Iraq had an authoritarian regime that ostensibly repressed sectarianism. However, after 2003, Iraqi politics began to converge with the consociationalism of Lebanon. Taking a longitudinal approach, this study explains this puzzle by focusing on one factor: sectarianism. It asks how and why sectarianism has shaped the political trajectories and regime types in the two cases and, conversely, how sectarianism has been shaped by these trajectories and regimes.
Citation
Saouli , A 2019 , ' Sectarianism and political order in Iraq and Lebanon ' , Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism , vol. 19 , no. 1 , pp. 67-87 . https://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12291
Publication
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1473-8481Type
Journal article
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