Table of Contents

Reflections on Lebanon; W.Harris What Makes Lebanon a Distinctive Country?; E.Fawaz Lebanon's Militia Wars; T.Badran Lebanon's Roller Coaster Ride; W.Harris Demographic Dilemmas; M.Farha Lebanon's Culture: Popular Music as a Case Study; C.P.Freund Lebanon's Economy between Violence and Political Stalemate; N.Raphaeli Islamist Groups in Lebanon; G.Gambill Hizballah in Lebanon: Between Tehran and Beirut, between the Struggle with Israel, and the Struggle for Lebanon; E.Zisser The Lebanese Shi'a as a Political Community; O.Nir Israel and Lebanon: Problematic Proximity; J.Spyer America and the Lebanon Issue; D.Schenker