Full Description
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.
Contents
List of Illustrations
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
References
Index
