| ID | 165176 |
| Title Proper | Taif and the Lebanese State |
| Other Title Information | the political economy of a very sectarian public sector |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Salloukh, Bassel F |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The political reforms adopted in the 1989 Taif Agreement created a veritable postwar paradox: a more balanced consociational power-sharing arrangement led to a bigger, more clientelist, more corrupt, less autonomous public sector, one preoccupied by predatory rentier practices along sectarian and clientelist lines. The more durable the power-sharing arrangement the less the state in Lebanon acts as a state with a measure of bureaucratic autonomy, extractive capacities, and a national agenda. This article problematizes this postwar anomaly by examining the instrumental role played by the public sector in the reproduction of the political elite’s clientelist ensemble undergirding the political economy of sectarianism.
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| `In' analytical Note | Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Vol. 25, No.1; Jan-Mar 2019: p.43-60 |
| Journal Source | Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Vol: 25 No 1 |
| Key Words | Political Economy ; Lebanese State ; Taif ; Sectarian Public Sector |