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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">27303</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2021-23-3-364-378</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>GEOPOLITICS AND PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRACY</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ГЕОПОЛИТИКА И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ ДЕМОКРАТИИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Consociational Democracy in Lebanon: Modern Challenges and Development Prospects</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Консоциональная демократия в Ливане: современные вызовы и перспективы развития</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5491-7736</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kerimov</surname><given-names>Arseny A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Керимов</surname><given-names>Арсений Александрович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Attaché of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Lebanese Republic, Applicant at the Department of Comparative Politics, MGIMO University</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>атташе Посольства Российской Федерации в Ливанской Республике, соискатель кафедры сравнительной политологии МГИМО МИД России</p></bio><email>senura_msk@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">MGIMO University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный институт международных отношений (университет) Министерства иностранных дел Российской Федерации</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-08-31" publication-format="electronic"><day>31</day><month>08</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>23</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">World Politics and Prospects for Democracy</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Мировая политика и перспективы демократии</issue-title><fpage>364</fpage><lpage>378</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-08-31"><day>31</day><month>08</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Kerimov A.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Керимов А.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kerimov A.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Керимов А.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/27303">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/27303</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">This article explores some key problems of the organization and operation of the Lebanese confessional political system. The study is carried out within the framework of the comparative approach and, in essence, is a comparison of the Lebanese realities with the ideal type of consociational democracy in order to identify country specific features and find ways to overcome the growing instability. Arend Lijphart’s consociational theory is used as the main analytical tool. Based on the analysis of the formation and development of the Lebanese consociational system, the study identifies its historical roots, as well as its strengths and weaknesses. The article examines the internal and external causes of the Lebanese political crises and assesses the possible ways of evolution of the country’s political regime, including the prospects for the transformation of consociational democracy into a civil one. When applied to Lebanon, the terms “consociationalism” and “political confessionalism” are used as synonyms.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">В статье представлены ключевые проблемы организации и функционирования конфессиональной политической системы Ливанской Республики в настоящий период. Исследование выполнено в русле компаративистского подхода и по своему существу представляет собой сравнение ливанских реалий с идеальным типом консоциональной демократии с целью выявления страновых особенностей и поиска путей преодоления растущей нестабильности. В качестве главного аналитического инструмента используется концепция консоциональной демократии А. Лейпхарта. На основе анализа формирования и развития консоциональной системы Ливана определены ее исторические корни, а также сильные и слабые стороны. Рассматриваются внутренние и внешние причины ливанских политических кризисов, оцениваются возможные пути эволюции политического режима страны, включая перспективы трансформации консоциональной демократии в общегражданскую. Применительно к Ливану термины «консоционализм» и «политический конфессионализм» используются в качестве синонимов.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Lebanon</kwd><kwd>political confessionalism</kwd><kwd>consociationalism</kwd><kwd>consociational democracy</kwd><kwd>deeply divided societies</kwd><kwd>religious communities</kwd><kwd>religious segments</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Ливан</kwd><kwd>политический конфессионализм</kwd><kwd>консоционализм</kwd><kwd>консоциональная демократия</kwd><kwd>сообщественная демократия</kwd><kwd>глубоко разделенные общества</kwd><kwd>религиозные общины</kwd><kwd>религиозные сегменты</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Kuznetsov, A.A. (2017). Political process in Lebanon at the turn of XX-XXI centuries. Moscow: The Institute of Middle East. 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