| Democracy in Lebanon |
| To understand the crisis of democracy in Lebanon, it may be important to go back to the roots of our democratic experiment rather than merely analyze, ex-nihilo, its present malfunctioning.
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| The Roots of Lebanese Democracy |
| Lest it be assumed that republicanism, or representative government, and the creation of a Grand Liban were gifts from the French Mandate, established by the League of Nations in 1919, it is imperative to remember the following:
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| From the Historical to the 'Evil' Compact |
| The 1943 National Pact and the historical compact which preceded and subsumed it were imperiled by the most undemocratic practices witnessed immediately after 1943, despite independence and the reforms it was supposed to herald.
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| The Regional Dimension of a Future Compact |
| Since the 1943 National Pact was a reflection of the fragile balance between conflicting confessional visions more... |
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| Lebanon: How "National" is Independence |
| Modern Lebanon is roughly contemporary to the Arab-Israeli conflict and, for most of its existence, has been struggling to contain the inevitable effects of this unneeded connection.
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| Lebanon's Sects and the Difficult Road to a Unifyi |
| The report of the King-Crane Commission in the summer of 1919 and the Yale supplement highlighted two points:
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