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Dancing at the Foot of a Volcano: Bad Governance, Corruption, and Ecological Disaster in Lebanon

Majdalani, Charif ; Simon, Daniel

World literature today, 2024-03, Vol.98 (2), p.38-43 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Norman: University of Oklahoma

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  • Título:
    Dancing at the Foot of a Volcano: Bad Governance, Corruption, and Ecological Disaster in Lebanon
  • Autor: Majdalani, Charif ; Simon, Daniel
  • Assuntos: Architecture ; Civil war ; Corruption ; Oligarchy
  • É parte de: World literature today, 2024-03, Vol.98 (2), p.38-43
  • Descrição: Held up as an example of peaceful coexistence between the multiple practitioners of Christianity and Islam, the Lebanese system of governance was even considered by Pope John Paul II as a "message" at a time when all countries made up of ethnic and religious mixtures were descending into conflict and division. Money came flooding in; major projects, business, and prosperity seemed limitless; and the population turned a blind eye to the actions of men in power, because life was easy, despite everything. Around Beirut, anarchic construction, begun at the time of the civil war, transformed the surroundings of the capital into a sprawling urban continuity, abolishing neighboring villages along with large orange and banana plantations. The most famous example was that of the electricity sector, which emblematized the bankruptcy of the Lebanese mafia state. Because during thirty years of profiteering, anarchic development, speculation, and the motivation to enrich oneself by every means, during thirty years of great projects and gigantic corruption, successive governments could not manage to put back on its feet what yet seems essential to a country driven by such enthusiasm- namely, the electricity grid.
  • Editor: Norman: University of Oklahoma
  • Idioma: Inglês
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