Public life, patronage and clients
Disciplines
Book
English
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20.500.12854/62090>
This study is based on Saïda, the main city in southern Lebanon. It focuses on how Rafic Hariri (who became Prime Minister in 1992) started to gain political credibility that he initially lacked: to build his leadership, he set up a clientelary network in his city, with social and cultural action supported by economic capital and know-how acquired outside his country. This process, if it is part of it...