Horizontal inequality and multi-sectarian societies: understanding the factors that led to the Syrian State’s socio political disruption after the Arab spring

After the beginning of the Arab Spring and the conflict in Syria, researchers from all over the world are trying to understand the reasons that led to the civil war in that country. Many hypotheses are raised, from the deterioration of socioeconomic conditions, the increasingly harsh political and p...

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Autores: Zahreddine, Danny, Di Lorenzo Pires, Guilherme
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Conjuntura Austral
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/126987
Acesso em linha:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/ConjunturaAustral/article/view/126987
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Syrian Conflict
Horizontal inequality
Sectarianism
Conflicto sirio
Desigualdad horizontal
Sectarismo
Syrian conflict; Horizontal inequality; Perceptions of Syrian refugees in Brazil.
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Resumo:After the beginning of the Arab Spring and the conflict in Syria, researchers from all over the world are trying to understand the reasons that led to the civil war in that country. Many hypotheses are raised, from the deterioration of socioeconomic conditions, the increasingly harsh political and police repression against the regime's opponents, to the interest of regional powers in changing the Syrian regime. In this article, we decided to explore another dimension of conflict. After applying a questionnaire to a group of Syrian refugees in Brazil, we sought to understand the perception of respondents about the existence or not of horizontal inequality between the Syrian confessional groups, in the economic, social, religious, political and cultural spheres. The result found sheds light on the important role of the perception of horizontal inequality between groups as an important source of discontent and frustration, which may have contributed to the breaking of the Syrian State's social political pact.