| ID | 143542 |
| Title Proper | Quarter century of ‘transitory power-sharing |
| Other Title Information | Lebanon’s unfulfilled Ta’if agreement of 1989 revisited |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Rosiny, Stephan |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Most countries of the Arab Mashrek are multi-ethnic and multi-sectarian. In recent years, most of them have experienced violent clashes between groups that frame their conflicts along ethnic-sectarian lines. This article investigates the Lebanese Ta’if Agreement of 1989 as a crucial case study of how to manage such conflicts through a transitory power-sharing arrangement. It presents several provisions of this agreement that adhere to three different approaches of how to deal with such conflicts: the consociational and the centripetal models of power-sharing as well as the integrationist paradigm. It thereby seeks to develop a theoretical argument about chances and risks of transitory power-sharing in deeply divided societies and derives some general lessons for managing conflicts in the Middle East. |
| `In' analytical Note | Civil Wars Vol. 17, No.4; Dec 2015: p.485-502 |
| Journal Source | Civil Wars Vol: 17 No 4 |
| Key Words | Transitory Power-Sharing ; Lebanon’s Unfulfilled ; Ta’if Agreement of 1989 |