Trust in Divided Societies - Abdalhadi M. Alijla

Trust in Divided Societies

State, Institutions and Governance in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine
Buch | Softcover
256 Seiten
2022
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-4118-5 (ISBN)
37,40 inkl. MwSt
When countries try to navigate through the aftermath of conflict, trust is the main focus and the catalyst for rebuilding societies, nations, economies and democracies. Trust is vital, not only at an individual level, but also at a community level: trust is important to sustain peace and also works as a trigger to end conflicts. But why are some divided societies more prone to the collapse of social trust than others?

This book uses empirical and case study research, including qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), statistical methods, observations and interviews, to compare which policies and institutions to build trust have a greater impact on divided societies in the Middle East. The book focuses on Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria, but analyses the results from these societies by also comparing other political and ethno-religiously divided societies beyond the MENA region.

The book does not want to forward a universal ‘theory’ that gives us the origin of trust and how it is destroyed. Rather, it aims to provide a comprehensive explanation of generalised trust in divided societies and answer the question: under which institutions is generalised trust in a divided society maintained or destroyed, and how does this happen? Of key importance to Abdalhadi Alijla is to highlight the formal and informal institutions that inspire an elevated level of trust to help make societies less vulnerable to internal conflict, and also to give voice to the real people who live and experience divided societies.

Abdalhadi Alijla is post-doctoral fellow at the Orient Institute in Beirut (OIB), Lebanon and Co-Leader of Global Migration and Human Rights at the Global Young Academy, Germany. He also has the position of Associate Researcher and the Regional Manager of the Varieties of Democracy Institute at Gothenburg University for Gulf countries, and Associate Fellow at the Post-Conflict Research Center in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has been granted several awards and scholarships, including DAAD (2009), RLC Junior Scientist (2010), UNIMI (2012), ICCROM (2010), Saud AL-Babtin(2002) among others.

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: BetweenSocial Capital to Trust: Institutions, History and Cultures
Chapter 3: Broken windows: trust in divided societies
Chapter 4: Trust Beyond MENA: Does Institutions Matter?
Chapter 5: The Failure: Institutions, Corruption and Trust
Chapter 6: Lebanon Gone Wrong: Inequality and Trust in Lebanon
Chapter 7: Creating Hybrid society: Trust in Palestine
Chapter 8: Doomed After, Doomed Before Trust in Syria
Chapter 9: Refugees in Divided Societies: Syrian in Lebanon
Chapter 10: The Missing Virtue: Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendices

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Makroökonomie
ISBN-10 0-7556-4118-3 / 0755641183
ISBN-13 978-0-7556-4118-5 / 9780755641185
Zustand Neuware
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