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Shortlisted for the Conflict Research Society's 2021 Book of the
Year Prize Shortlisted for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society
2021 Book Prize After the overthrow of the Qadhafi regime in 2011,
Libya witnessed a dramatic breakdown of centralized power.
Countless local factions carved up the country into a patchwork of
spheres of influence. Almost no nationwide or even regional
organizations emerged, and no national institutions survived the
turbulent descent into renewed civil war. Only the leader of one
armed coalition, Khalifa Haftar, managed to overcome competitors
and centralize authority over eastern Libya. But tenacious
resistance from armed groups in western Libya blocked Haftar's
attempt to seize power in the capital Tripoli. Rarely does
political fragmentation occur as radically as in Libya, where it
has been the primary obstacle to the re-establishment of central
authority. This book analyzes the forces that have shaped the
country's trajectory since 2011. Confounding widely held
assumptions about the role of Libya's tribes in the revolution,
Wolfram Lacher shows how war transformed local communities and
explains why Khalifa Haftar has been able to consolidate his sway
over the northeast. Based on hundreds of interviews with key actors
in the conflict, Lacher advances an approach to the study of civil
wars that places the transformation of social ties at the centre of
analysis.
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.
Shortlisted for the Conflict Research Society's 2021 Book of the
Year Prize Shortlisted for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society
2021 Book Prize After the overthrow of the Qadhafi regime in 2011,
Libya witnessed a dramatic breakdown of centralized power.
Countless local factions carved up the country into a patchwork of
spheres of influence. Almost no nationwide or even regional
organizations emerged, and no national institutions survived the
turbulent descent into renewed civil war. Only the leader of one
armed coalition, Khalifa Haftar, managed to overcome competitors
and centralize authority over eastern Libya. But tenacious
resistance from armed groups in western Libya blocked Haftar's
attempt to seize power in the capital Tripoli. Rarely does
political fragmentation occur as radically as in Libya, where it
has been the primary obstacle to the re-establishment of central
authority. This book analyzes the forces that have shaped the
country's trajectory since 2011. Confounding widely held
assumptions about the role of Libya's tribes in the revolution,
Wolfram Lacher shows how war transformed local communities and
explains why Khalifa Haftar has been able to consolidate his sway
over the northeast. Based on hundreds of interviews with key actors
in the conflict, Lacher advances an approach to the study of civil
wars that places the transformation of social ties at the centre of
analysis.
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