Browsing Faculté des arts et des sciences – Département de science politique - Travaux et publications by Author "Zahar, Marie-Joelle"
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Critical Junctures and Missed Opportunities: The Case of Lebanon's Cedar Revolution
Clark, Janine A.; Zahar, Marie-Joelle (2014-06-11)This article addresses three shortcomings in the path dependency literature on critical junctures: the neglect of negative cases, non-state actors and of power asymmetries. The 2005 Cedar Revolution had the makings of a critical juncture. Yet despite ... -
A Journey of a Thousand Steps: The Challenges of State and Nation Building in South Sudan
Zahar, Marie-Joelle (2011)On July 9th, 2011, South Sudan will officially become independent. When southern Sudanese voted in the January 9 referendum on independence, they sought to affirm their African identity and shed the Arab identity that they felt had been imposed upon ... -
Norm Transmission in Peace- and State-building: Lessons from Democracy Promotion in Sudan and Lebanon
Zahar, Marie-Joelle (2012)This article examines the transmission and reception of democratic norms in the context of liberal peace interventions. It identifies two reasons for the failure to promote democracy: the strategies favored by liberal peace actors and the agency of ... -
Social Cohesion as Peacebuilding in the Central African Republic and Beyond
Brown, Michael J.; Zahar, Marie-Joelle (2015-04)Social cohesion has increasingly been touted as a tool of peacebuilding. Theoretically, the concept is linked with efforts to address inequality and build social capital. Practically, social cohesion is bandied about in post-conflict settings such as ...