Ebook: Hezbollah: From Revolution to Institutionalization

An exploration of the Hezbollah movement from a multidisciplinary, comprehensive, historical, and systematic perspective, this book explains how it has evolved since its inception in the early 1980s to the present. The author argues that the Hezbollah movement is a product of the environment in which it operates and of the interactions as well as of the reciprocal relations between the players surrounding it. The 2008 model of Hezbollah is one of a pragmatic terrorist organization that is far more dangerous than that of the revolutionary Hezbollah of the eighties. In fact, the movement hasn't.;Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Social Protest Movements-Theoretical Framework; 2 Development of Social Movements in Muslim Society: The Phenomenon and Its Characteristics; 3 The Shiite Community in Lebanon and the Background for Hezbollah's Emergence; 4 Expansion and Institutionalization of the Movement-Constraints and Adaptation; 5 Political Institutionalization and Public Discourse-Adaptation and Legitimization; 6 Hezbollah as a Player in the Lebanese Political Arena-Mutual Influences; 7 Hezbollah as a Regional Player; 8 Hezbollah as a Player in the International Arena.