The ‘mediated state’: MSM Research on Lebanese-Palestinian governance interaction

In a recent edition of Mediterranean Politics, MSM Research Fellow Nora Stel wrote a case study on Lebanese-Palestinian governance interaction in the unofficial Palestinian camp of Shabriha, located in Southern Lebanon.

The study takes a novel approach in this context by analyzing the nature the governance in the camp along the lines a ‘mediated state’. This is a hybrid form of governance that has been a feature in many countries and regions sub-Saharan Africa but has not yet been used to understand governance in the Middle East.

Photo: Shabriha, Lebanon; photo by Nora Stel

For more information, the paper is available from Mediterranean Politics, online.
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