Articles
Title Author(s) Publishing Date Summary Keywords Dossier
Enhancing Municipal Capacities: From Emergency Response to Planning Marwa Boustani July, 2014

The paper explores the capacities and roles of Municipalities and Unions of Municipalities (UoMs) as actors and contributors to regional planning in Lebanon, and their role in addressing needs caused by the Syrian refugee crisis, especially related to service provision and shelter.

 Unions of Municipalities, Local Authorities, Planning & Emergency Response, Local Governance Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, Civil Society Observatory
Regional differences in the conditions of Syrian refugees in Lebanon Sam van Vliet, Guita Hourani April, 2014

This paper examines the different political and legal environments of Lebanon’s regions and how these contexts affect Syrian refugees’ needs, and contribute to shaping aid design and delivery.

 Syrian Refugees, Lebanon, host-refugee relations, regional differences, Governance, Aid Migration, Mobility and Circulation, Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, Civil Society Observatory
Official response to the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon, the disastrous policy of no-policy Dr. Karim El Mufti January, 2014

This article examines the impact of the Lebanese State's policy of no-policy regarding Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

 Syrian Refugees, Official response, Lebanese State Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Understanding racism against Syrian refugees in Lebanon Bassem Chit, Mohamad Ali Nayel October, 2013

This paper examines prevailing media discourses tackling the Syrian refugees' situation in Lebanon, and provides an in-depth analysis on the construction of racist and xenophobic discourses.

 Racism, Syrian Refugees, Lebanon's Media, Journalism Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

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