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Contents Foreword, Ryan Crocker  ix Acknowledgments  xi Note on Transliteration  xiii Introduction  xv 1. The Lebanese Political System The Elite Pacts of 1943 and 1989  1 2. Postwar Elite Interaction  23 3. Political Parties  38 4. State Elites and the Legacy of Corruption  86 5. Strategic Elites  122 6. Emerging Elites and the Absence of Women from Politics  160 7. Elite Attitudes on Syria and Sectarianism  187 Conclusion  214 Who’s Who of Lebanese Politics  223 Lebanese Political Timeline (1989–2005)  231 Notes  233 Glossary of Arabic Terms  267 Bibliography  269 Index  291 ...

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