Violence and Social Transformation in Libya - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0197756506 ISBN 13: 9780197756508

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2023

Synopsis

Ten years after Libya descended into conflict, the contours of a new society are emerging. How has violence remade the country--what has happened to inter-community and inter-personal relations, to social hierarchies and elite composition? Which new groups, networks and identities have formed through conflict, and how has this transformed power structures, modes of capital accumulation and governance at the local and national levels? How has the violence contributed to create new communities, both inside the country and in exile?

This volume brings together leading researchers, both foreign and Libyan, to examine the deep changes undergone by Libya's society amid civil war. These transformations are bound to shape the country for decades to come, and will influence its relations with the outside world. By addressing neglected yet crucial aspects of social change amid violence, the contributors substantially broaden the picture of Libyan society beyond the current confines of scholarship, as well as enriching wider debates in Conflict Studies.

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About the Author

Virginie Collombier is Professor of Practice at Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome. She has led several projects combining research and mediation in Libya. Wolfram Lacher is a senior associate at Berlin's German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), and the author of Libya's Fragmentation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2023
• ISBN 10: 0197756506
• ISBN 13: 9780197756508
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Collombier Virginie, Lacher Wolfram