Intra-Communal and Inter-Communal Dimensions of Conflict and Peace in Lebanon

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8967010
AutoresOren Barak (0000-0003-0088-1621, autor de correspondencia)
Año2002
Volumen34
Número4
Páginas619-644
Fecha de publicación2002-09-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020743802004026
OpenAlexW1686744136
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8

Recent contributions to the study of ethnic conflict, which attempt to explain why and under what circumstances members of ethnic groups, or communities, 1 mobilize and engage in violence, include several works that are inspired by the “security dilemma”—a basic concept of the realist tradition of international theory. 2 Barry Posen, for instance, argues that ethnic groups behave like sovereign states in the international system and are influenced by their proximity to other, similar groups in the same way that states are affected by their neighbors. Because security is the primary concern of these communities, each tries to enhance its security by strengthening its position. The actions the community takes, however, trigger the response of other groups, whose members intrinsically view it as offensive, regardless of its motives. A paradox thus emerges, as “what one does to enhance one's own security causes reactions that, in the end, can make one less secure.” 3

Dilemma · Economics · Epistemology · Ethnic conflict · Ethnic group · International community · International law · Offensive · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Security Dilemma · Sociology · Sovereign state · Sovereignty · Use of force · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society