Lebanon’s political economy has long been characterised by the dominance of localist forms of governance, typified in the political familism and patrimonialisation of local leaders within communities in a political cultural of za’amatiyya (idolised leadership).
In this blog, IDS student Marwan Issa assesses the ruling class attempts to depoliticise, technocratise and decollectivise the 2019 protest movement in Lebanon.
This is one of a series of blogs supported by the IDS Alumni Office and written by current IDS students and PhD researchers from the current academic year. Click below to read the full blog.
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