| Description |
1 online resource (x, 236 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Based on a seminar held at Villanova University, Villanova, Pa., 1998, jointly sponsored by the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of Villanova University and the Lebanese American University. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Lebanon's challenge: reclaiming memory and independence / Kail C. Ellis -- Overview: Lebanon as an experiment in multicultural interdependence / Hafeez Malik -- pt. I. Lebanon and the Middle East peace process -- Regional struggle for Lebanon / Kail C. Ellis -- Israeli-Lebanese relations: a future imperfect? / Kirsten E. Schulze -- Dilemma of the Palestinians in Lebanon / Julie Peteet -- U.S. policy toward Lebanon / Kail C. Ellis -- pt. II. Religion, culture, and gender -- Muslim-Christian relations in Lebanon: a Christian perspective / Paul Nabil Sayah -- Religion and politics: the case of Lebanon / Mohammad Sammak -- Lebanon as a regional educational and cultural center / Nabeel F. Haidar -- Women in postwar Lebanon / Mona Chemali Khalaf -- pt. III. Problems of urbanization, ecology, and the economy -- Emerging urban landscape of Lebanon / Michael F. Davie -- Ecological crisis in Lebanon / Fouad Hamdan -- Lebanese economy in the twenty-first century / Wassim N. Shahin -- Epilogue / Kail C. Ellis. |
| Summary |
''A fascinating collection of articles that go far to explain the social, political, and economic trials and tribulations of Lebanon today.''--James A. Bill, College of William and MaryThe wide range of seemingly intractable political, social, and economic situations affecting Lebanon's struggle to define itself and its future role in the Middle East are examined in this collection. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lebanon -- Politics and government -- 1990- -- Congresses.
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Lebanon. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1990- |
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Since 1990 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Ellis, Kail C.
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Villanova University. Center for Arab and Islamic Studies.
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Jāmiʻah al-Lubnānīyah al-Amīrikīyah.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lebanon's second republic. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2002 0813025397 (DLC) 2002018077 (OCoLC)49375796 |
| ISBN |
0813031117 (electronic book) |
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9780813031118 (electronic book) |
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