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Conflict, crisis and instability form part of a chain of the dilemmas confronting development in much of the Arab world. With military intervention, occupation and civil war in Iraq and Palestine, most neighbouring countries such as Lebanon remain in a permanent state of flux. This book is unique in that it deals with some of the effects of regional instability on the development trajectories (or lack of them) in the Arab world. Using Lebanon as an example Fayyad explores the real meaning of the fragile states concepts that has become part of a dominant policy discourse in recent years - its implications for societal relations, civic space and the nature of socio-economic development.

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Dr Ali Fayyad is a sociologist based in Beirut, Lebanon, who specialises in the relations between State and civil society. He teaches at the Lebanese University of Beirut. Dr Fayyad is also Director of the Consultative Centre for Studies and Documentation, which was established in 1993. This is a research and policy-led think tank engaged in major social and economic research projects about the Lebanon.

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