Spoils of Truce: Corruption and State-Building in Postwar Lebanon
Reinoud Leenders
Abstract
This book documents the extensive political corruption that accompanied the reconstruction of Lebanon after the end of a decade and a half of civil war. With the signing of the Ta'if Accord in 1989, the rebuilding of the country's shattered physical infrastructure and the establishment of a functioning state apparatus became critical demands. Despite the urgent needs of its citizens, however, graft was rampant. The book describes the extent and nature of this corruption in key sectors of the Lebanese economy and government, including transportation, health care, energy, natural resources, cons ... More
Keywords: political corruption, Lebanon, civil war, Ta'if Accord, power sharing, conflict management, conflict resolution, Syria
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2012 | Print ISBN-13: 9780801451003 |
| Published to University Press Scholarship Online: August 2016 | DOI:10.7591/cornell/9780801451003.001.0001 |
