Katul, Mounir 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6194-3035
(2021)
The Influence of International – Domestic Politics on the Production of Ethnic Identities: The Case of Lebanon (2000 – 2010).
PhD thesis, Concordia University.
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Abstract
Ethnic leaders’ appeals center on polarizing ethnic identities for support in general, and during elections in specific, and it has been a general consensus until recently in electoral systems-based theories that these appeals are shaped by domestic factors such as local cultural institutions and electoral systems. For example, these theories argue that electoral systems that encourage inter-communal vote-pooling also encourage ethnic parties to forge inter-ethnic coalitions to win parliamentary elections and thus to avoid appeals based on narrowly interpreted identities that alienate the supporters of their allies. However, it is the contention of this dissertation that coalition formation and, subsequently, ethnic appeals, are not always dependent on domestic causes; rather, a major influence on an ethnic leader’s choices of identities and domestic alliances is the interplay between international actors and domestic leaders. More specifically, rivalries between international state actors manifest as ethnic rivalries between ethnic leaders when the latter form coalitions on the basis of shared allegiances to the same foreign backer or bloc. Bound by their allegiances to international actors (out of either opportunism or ideological conviction), ethnic leaders re-conceptualize salient identities, revisiting specific historical narratives in order to accommodate new domestic alliances based totally or in part on international interstate blocs and to defend their domestic and international blocs.
Taking Lebanon (2000-2010) as a case study, this research focuses on four Lebanese ethnic parties (The Phalange, the Free Patriotic Movement, the Future Movement, and Hezbollah) and tracks both shifts and consistencies in their ethnic appeals before and after a major political event of international proportion in Lebanon: the assassination of ex-prime minister Rafic Hariri in February 2005 and the subsequent withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon after domestic and international pressure. Quantifying over 4,500 speeches given by leaders of these four parties over the course of this decade in Lebanon, this research applies the Constructivist lens, which treats all identities as social constructions, and discourse analysis to compare the types of identities that ethnic leaders directly appeal upon for support before and after they change coalitions.
| Divisions: | Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Political Science |
|---|---|
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
| Authors: | Katul, Mounir |
| Institution: | Concordia University |
| Degree Name: | Ph. D. |
| Program: | Political Science |
| Date: | 4 February 2021 |
| Thesis Supervisor(s): | Spencer-Churchill, Julian |
| Keywords: | Ethnic Politics, Geo-Strategic Studies, Lebanon, Two Level Analysis, Alliance Politics, Identities |
| ID Code: | 988329 |
| Deposited By: | MOUNIR KATUL |
| Deposited On: | 29 Jun 2021 23:18 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jun 2021 23:18 |
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