ARE KNUDSEN MICHAEL KERR
(Editors)
Lebanon
After the Cedar Revolution
HURST & COMPANY, LONDON
First published in the United Kingdom in 2012 by C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.,
41 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3PL
© Are Knudsen and Michael Kerr, 2012 All rights reserved.
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CONTENTS
Note on transliteration vii
Acknowledgements Are Knudsen and Michael Kerr ix
Author Biographies xi
Foreword Augustus R. Norton xv
PART I
FOREIGN INTERVENTION, HEGEMONY AND CONSOCIATIONALISM 1. Introduction: The Cedar Revolution And Beyond
Are Knudsen and Michael Kerr 3
2. Before the Revolution Michael Kerr 23
3. The Limits Of Corporate Consociation: Taif and the Crisis of Power-Sharing in Lebanon Since 2005 Amal Hamdan 39
PART II
SOVEREIGNTY, SECURITY AND VIOLENCE 4. Foreign Interventions, Power Sharing and the Dynamics of
Conflict and Coexistence in Lebanon Marie-Joëlle Zahar 63 5. Lebanon in Search of Sovereignty: Post-2005 Security Dilemmas
Élizabeth Picard 83 6. Enclaves and Fortressed Archipelago: Violence and Governance in
Lebanon’s Palestinian Refugee Camps Sari Hanafi 105
CONTENTS
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PART III
ENTREPRENEURS, STATESMEN AND MARTYRS 7. The ‘New Contractor Bourgeoisie’ in Lebanese Politics: Hariri,
Mikati and Fares Hannes Baumann 125
8. The Reconstruction of Lebanon or the Racketeering Rule
Fabrice Balanche 145 9. The Making of a Martyr: Forging Rafik Hariri’s Symbolic Legacy
Ward Vloeberghs 163 PART IV
TRUTH, COEXISTENCE AND JUSTICE 10. ‘History’ and ‘Memory’ in Lebanon Since 2005: Blind Spots,
Emotional Archives and Historiographic Challenges
Sune Haugbolle 185 11. Sects and the City: Socio-Spatial Perceptions and Practices
of Youth in Beirut
Nasser Yassin 203 12. Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Homage to Hariri? Are Knudsen 219
Notes 235
Bibliography 283
Index 301
