1st Edition
Tribalism and Democracy in Libya State Building and Identity After Gaddafi
Foreword. Introduction. 1. Getting On and Off the Verandah: A Case for Interdisciplinarity 2. Footsteps in the Sand: Libyan Tribes during the Colonial Eras 3. Oil and Sandstorms: Tribalism in Independent Libya 4. State versus Tribal Borders: Irredentism in the Modern Libyan State-Building Process 5. Having One’s Cake while Eating It: Ambivalence towards Tribalism in Post-2011 Libya 6. A State-within-a-Tribe and a Tribe-within-a-State: Aspects of Liminality in Modern Libya 7. Democracy or Bedouinocracy? Tensions between Liberal Democracy and Tribal Collective Values in Modern Libya. Conclusion
Biography
Rawia Ben Khayal holds an MA in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Malta and a doctorate in International Relations from the Geneva School of Diplomacy. Her research focuses on the MENA region, with a particular emphasis on conflict resolution from an internal, in-depth perspective.
