The conflict context in Beirut: the social question, mobilisations cycles, and the city’s securitisation

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Publication language
English
Pages
42pp
Date published
01 Nov 2015
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Conflict, violence & peace, Gender, National & regional actors, Protection, human rights & security, Forced displacement and migration, Host Communities, Urban
Countries
Lebanon
Organisations
Lebanon Support

This report provides an analysis of the history and current situation of the conflict context, actors and dynamics in Beirut, Lebanon. The report seeks to shed light on the main actors, topics of contestation, conflict and mobilisation in its historical becoming as well as current expressions. The report includes a special focus on the social question, subsequent political and social mobilisation, gender issues, the securitisation of the city, as well as the interactions between the Lebanese host community and Syrian refugees and their unfolding within the last four years (since 2011).