Chapter
Chapter One - The Shi'a and Lebanon
The Emergence of a Shi'a Identity: Historical Background
Establishment of the Shi'a in Lebanon
Development of Leadership Systems in Lebanon
The Role of the Shi'a within the Indigenous Leadership
Institutional Political Development in Lebanon during the Late Ottoman Period
The 1932 Census and teh National Pact
Mandatory Power and the Creation of the Republic
The Population Movements of the 1960s
An Overview of Early Shi'a Political Development
Chapter Two - The Rise and Fall of the Traditional Zu'ama
Background to the Lebanese Zu'ama
Political Motivation of the Zu'ama
Ottoman-Era Political Involvement in Formal Institutions
Arab and Lebanese Nationalism and the Zu'ama
Lebanese versus Syrian Nationalism
Adoption of Formal Political Institutions during the Mandatory Period
Zu'ama, Political Parties and Alliance Building
Political Threats to the Zu'ama
The Civil War and the Traditional Zu'ama
The Future of the Shi'a Zu'ama in Post Civil War Lebanon
Chapter Three - An Alternative Path: Shi'a Participation in Political Parties
The Place of Political Parties
Pre-Independence Political Parties
Independence and Political Parties
Syrian and Arab Nationalists
The Radical Leftist Parties
Political Parties during the Civil War
The Development of Hizbullah
Political Parties in the Post Civil War Environment
Amal in the Post Civil War Environment
Hizbullah in Contemporary Lebanon
Shi'a and Other Political Parties after Ta'if
Chapter Four - The Emergent Leadership: Political Participation of the Clergy
The Role of the Shi'a Clerics
Early Shi'a Jurists in Modern-Day Lebanon
Influences on 'Amili Scholars
The Influence of Non-Lebanese Intellectuals
Lebanese Shi'a 'Ulama Activism
Clerical Political Leaders
The 'Ulama and Political Groups
Shi'a of Lebanon
：Clans, Parties and Clerics
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