Tribalism and Democracy in Libya : State Building and Identity After Gaddafi (Hardcover)

Foreword.?Introduction.??1. Getting On and Off the Verandah: A Case for Interdisciplinarity? 2. Footsteps in the Sand: Libyan Tribes during the Colonial Eras? 3. Oil and Sandstorms: Tribalism in Independent Libya? 4. State versus Tribal Borders: Irredentism in the Modern Libyan State-Building Process? 5. Having One’s Cake while Eating It: Ambivalence towards Tribalism?in Post-2011 Libya? 6. A State-within-a-Tribe and a Tribe-within-a-State: Aspects of Liminality?in Modern Libya??7. Democracy or Bedouinocracy? Tensions between Liberal Democracy and Tribal Collective Values in Modern Libya.? Conclusion