The Summer of Our Discontent: Sects and Citizens in Lebanon and Iraq
5 years ago
MAHA YAHYA for CARNEGIE -- Lebanon’s and Iraq’s political systems are based on sectarian and ethnic power-sharing. In summer 2015, both countries faced popular protests demanding better governance. These protests began over poor service provision but escalated into opposition to the countries’ overarching power-sharing systems. These demonstrations were framed as nonsectarian, civic responses to deteriorating conditions […]
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