We Are the Citizens of a Nation Called Lebanon’
An Ethnographic Case on Sectarianism in Lebanon and the Limits It Imposes on Its Youth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12896357 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Riwa Haidar (0000-0002-7005-2039, University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 6-29 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology of the Middle East (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1746-0719 • E-ISSN: 1746-0727 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/ame.2022.170202 |
| OpenAlex | W4306252158 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This article looks at how the confessional system of government in Lebanon creates limits in younger citizens’ professional opportunities. These limitations are not directly implemented by the government system, per se, as this article will show. Instead, it is through it that the sectarian identification amongst the older generations became what it is today, and how, in the case of Lebanon specifically, it indirectly led to the following of strict quotas that, instead of offering equal opportunities, created sectarian obstacles that could not be overcome. This article focuses on the youth of Lebanon, notably university students, portraying how in parallel to the limitations faced and frustrations expressed by the students, a new nationalistic identification is rising amongst them as they come to realisation with the issues of confessionalism as a political system
Confessional · Government (linguistics · Identification (biology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Realisation · Sociology · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Public Administration
Reconstructing the Nation-State
Memory and Violence in the Middle East and North Africa
Everyday Sectarianism in Urban Lebanon
Sectarianism and the problem of overpopulation
An ethnographic study of the consequences of social and structural forces on children
An ethnographic study of the consequences of social and structural forces on children
Intersecting Religioscapes
Religion, Sectarianism, and Democracy
Between inequality and sectarianism
Cultural diversity and sectarian attitudes in postwar Lebanon
Sectarianism and Religious Sociation
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |