Lebanon's first postwar parliamentary elections, 1992
The author analyzes Lebanon's first postwar parliamentary elections and compares them with those of the prewar period. The 1992 parliamentary elections were characterized by before unprecedented confessional divisions and the non-existence of a real political opposition. Moreover the elections...
| Published in: | Middle East policy |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Blackwell
1994
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Middle East policy
Year: 1994, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 120-136 |
| Further subjects: | B
Lebanon
B Vote B Lebanon Parliament Vote / Election Wahlberechtigung Soziopolitischer Wandel Gesellschaftliche Opposition / Politische Opposition Religious organization B Political change B Opposition B Civil war B Religious organization B Aktives Wahlrecht B Election B Parliament B Social change |
| Summary: | The author analyzes Lebanon's first postwar parliamentary elections and compares them with those of the prewar period. The 1992 parliamentary elections were characterized by before unprecedented confessional divisions and the non-existence of a real political opposition. Moreover the elections have widened the gap between state and society. The author holds mainly the preparations which preceded the elections, namely the elctoral law and the timing of the elections, responsible for this. (DÜI-Mjr) |
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| ISSN: | 1061-1924 |
| Contains: | In: Middle East policy
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