Ethnicity, Political Leaders and Violence: The Aftermath of the Hariri-Killing

Lutz F. Krebs

Abstract

This study presents the first in a series of case studies on ethnically charged situations that could potentially give rise to violent conflict. Using process tracing, the present paper seeks to explain the non-occurrence of ethnic violence in the aftermath of the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri in February 2005. Initial results indicate that political actors were keenly aware of
ethnicity as a mobilizing instrument, but had neither a need nor an incentive for escalation.

Original language	English
Number of pages	36
Publication status	Published - Sept 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	6th Pan-European Conference on International Relations - Torino, Italy Duration: 12 Sept 2007 → 15 Sept 2007

Conference

Conference	6th Pan-European Conference on International Relations
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Torino
Period	12/09/07 → 15/09/07

Keywords

Cedar revolution
ethnic conflict
Lebanon
Syria
political leaders
Process tracing

Access to Document

https://icr.ethz.ch/publications/krebs2007ethnicity.pdf

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