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Syrians living in refuge in Lebanon and Turkey during the war in Syria continued to reckon with the Syrian State as a direct and indirect force in their lives. Through an ethnographic account of everyday life in Syrian families with a variety of political standpoints, this book demonstrates how the experience of displacement was shaped by ongoing deliberations on the ways in which the Syrian State had and continued to intersect people’s lives. It provides new perspectives on the co-constitution of authoritarian rule and displacement in a Middle East context.
Birgitte Stampe Holst is Associated Researcher at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin. Her research interests focus on investigating processes of political and social change from the point of view of everyday life. Having lived and worked in Syria before the uprising in 2011, she examines these questions predominantly regarding Syrians living in refuge in Syria's neighbour countries. Her work has been published in journals such as Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale, Conflict and Society, and Journal of Refugee Studies.
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Acknowledgements
Introduction: Reckoning with the Syrian State in Displacement in Lebanon and Turkey
Chapter 1. Reckoning with the State as a Family Matter
Chapter 2. Reconsidering the Syrian State in Conflict
Chapter 3. Knowing Assad’s Security Agencies
Chapter 4. Thinking with the Syrian State in Displacement
Conclusion: The Intersections of Authoritarian Rule and Displacement
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Index