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Hezbollah as a norm entrepreneur: Reconstructing resistance and legitimacy
Using social constructivism, this research analyzes Hezbollah as a norm entrepreneur in the Middle East. My research question is: How does Hezbollah function as a norm entrepreneur in the Middle East or how does Hezbollah create the norm of resistance? Material resistance is created through institut...
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| description | Using social constructivism, this research analyzes Hezbollah as a norm entrepreneur in the Middle East. My research question is: How does Hezbollah function as a norm entrepreneur in the Middle East or how does Hezbollah create the norm of resistance? Material resistance is created through institutionalized ideas, such as jihad, martyrdom, the oppressed/oppressor dichotomy, and anti-imperialism. Special attention is given to the shifts in Hezbollah’s ideology. These ideas were physically expressed in the 2006 war with Israel and currently in Syria. However, since Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria, Hezbollah’s norm of resistance has waned. Its alternative definition of resistance is not accepted by many across the region who perceive Hezbollah as a puppet of an oppressive regime. The popularity and legitimacy Hezbollah enjoyed following its “Divine Victory” in 2006 has since been jeopardized in favour of rescuing the resistance bloc and resisting what it constructs as a plot to re-make the Middle East. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-1292 Hezbollah as a norm entrepreneur: Reconstructing resistance and legitimacy Elbenhawy, Ali Using social constructivism, this research analyzes Hezbollah as a norm entrepreneur in the Middle East. My research question is: How does Hezbollah function as a norm entrepreneur in the Middle East or how does Hezbollah create the norm of resistance? Material resistance is created through institutionalized ideas, such as jihad, martyrdom, the oppressed/oppressor dichotomy, and anti-imperialism. Special attention is given to the shifts in Hezbollah’s ideology. These ideas were physically expressed in the 2006 war with Israel and currently in Syria. However, since Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria, Hezbollah’s norm of resistance has waned. Its alternative definition of resistance is not accepted by many across the region who perceive Hezbollah as a puppet of an oppressive regime. The popularity and legitimacy Hezbollah enjoyed following its “Divine Victory” in 2006 has since been jeopardized in favour of rescuing the resistance bloc and resisting what it constructs as a plot to re-make the Middle East. 2016-06-01T07:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/293 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1292/viewcontent/Thesis_20_283_29.pdf The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy. Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain constructivism Hezbollah |
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| title | Hezbollah as a norm entrepreneur: Reconstructing resistance and legitimacy |
| title_full | Hezbollah as a norm entrepreneur: Reconstructing resistance and legitimacy |
| title_fullStr | Hezbollah as a norm entrepreneur: Reconstructing resistance and legitimacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hezbollah as a norm entrepreneur: Reconstructing resistance and legitimacy |
| title_short | Hezbollah as a norm entrepreneur: Reconstructing resistance and legitimacy |
| title_sort | hezbollah as a norm entrepreneur reconstructing resistance and legitimacy |
| topic | constructivism Hezbollah |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/293 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1292/viewcontent/Thesis_20_283_29.pdf |
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