The Middle East is often portrayed as oppressively patriarchal and homophobic. Yet, in
recent years the region has become a vibrant and important arena for feminist and LGBTQ …

To what extent has the study of sectarianism in the Middle East made any progress in the
first decade after the Arab uprisings? Based on an analysis of three aspects of the study of …

Elite cohesion structures interethnic bargaining and institutional design in post-conflict
divided societies. Although works have explored how interethnic elite bargaining affects …

How do consociations craft their asylum policy, and how do they deal with the rights of
“others”? Research has started to explore the relationship between consociational …

In this afterword to the special issue on Consociationalism and the State: Lebanon and Iraq
in Comparative Perspective, we reflect on the insights from the articles in the special issue …

The 2011 popular uprisings left an indelible mark on the politics of identity in the Middle
East. Minority-based regimes, such as Bahrain's Sunni monarchy and Syria's Alawi-led …

What determines the success of international peacebuilding efforts? For more than fifty years
since the appearance of Arend LijphartLs agenda setting study (1969), most answers to this …

The “deeply divided societies” paradigm emerged during the 20th century as a depiction of
societies considered as fragmented and in need of a certain diagnostic for them to be able to …

Power-sharing has become a key instrument of constitutional designers to cease violent
conflict. Beginning with Lebanon's Ta'if Agreement in 1989, power-sharing has been …

The outbreak of the October 2019 uprising in Lebanon has brought to the surface deep-
seated grievances among various segments of the Lebanese population against the …