Beyond the 'weak state':Hybrid sovereignties in beirut

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 655-674

  Fregonese, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beirut; Hybridity; Lebanon; Sovereignty; Urban geopolitics

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; GEOPOLITICS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POWER RELATIONS; SOVEREIGNTY; STATE ROLE; URBAN POLITICS;

BEIRUT; BEYROUTH; LEBANON;

EID: 84865356841     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d11410     Document Type: Article

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