1st Edition
Sectarianism and Civil War in Syria
Part I. Debates and Conceptualizations
1. Theorizing Sectarianism in Syria: Toward a Framework of Analysis
Raymond Hinnebusch and Morten Valbjørn
Part II. National Level Structure and Dynamics
2. Identity and State Building Over Time: Political Institutions and Syria’s Sectarianism-Nationalism Balance
Raymond Hinnebusch
3. Mapping and Explaining Sectarianization in the Syrian Uprising: The Dynamics of Regime–Opposition Interaction at the Domestic Level
Raymond Hinnebusch
4. The Regional System and Sectarianization in Syria
Raymond Hinnebusch
5. The Regime’s Adaptation to Civil War: Institutionalizing Sectarianism?
Raymond Hinnebusch
6. The Sectarianization of the Syrian Uprising: The Jihadization of Opposition Governance
Raymond Hinnebusch
Part III. Variations in Sectarianization: Time, Place, and Group
7. Sectarianization in Homs and Damascus: A Tale of Two Different Cities
Ola Rifai
8. Conflict in Aleppo: A Clash Between Sects or Social Classes?
Maria Chalhoub
9. Hama and the Mobilization of Identity: Urban–Rural Divisions and Sectarianization
Samer Bakkour
10. Sectarianism and Islamist Militarization in Idlib
Samer Bakkour and Gareth Stansfield
11. Beyond Alawites and Sunnis: The Sectarian Mosaic of Deir ez-Zor and al-Hasakah
Haian Dukhan, Sinan Hawat and Mohammed Hassan
12. Sectarianization and the State among Druze Communities in Syria: Case Studies of Jaramana and Golan
Maria Kastrinou, Salam Said, Rawad Jarbouh and Steven Emery
13. Sectarian Cohabitation in Syria’s Coast, a Glimmer of Hope
Talip al-Khayar
14. Sectarianism amongst Syrian Christians: Aleppo, Damascus, Daraa, Al-Hasakah, Maaloula and Homs
Rana Khalaf
15. Urbicide and Sectarianization in Syria: The Politics of Space in Damascus and Aleppo
Gabriel Garroum Pla
Part IV. Theoretical Findings
16. Conclusion: Exposing Patterns of Sectarianization in Syria
Raymond Hinnebusch and Morten Valbjørn
Biography
Raymond Hinnebusch is a professor of International Relations and Middle East Politics at the University of St Andrews, Founder and Director of the Centre for Syrian Studies and Editor of Syria Studies. He has recently co-edited The War for Syria: Regional and International Dimensions of the Syrian Uprising (2019), and Actors and Dynamics in the Syrian Conflict's Middle Phase: Between Contentious Politics, Militarization and Regime Resilience (2022).
Morten Valbjørn is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University. He is a member of the advisory board of POMEPS: Project on Middle East Political Science and has been directing various international research projects, including SWAR: Sectarianism in the Wake of the Arab Revolts and TOI: Bringing in the Other Islamists.
