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Nabih Berri's early chapters -- From a marginal militia leader to a key man -- A fight for survival : leading Amal and the Shiites in the jungle of the civil war -- Serving as speaker : reaching national status, losing Shiite hegemony -- Berri's political stands

Theories of governance have drawn attention to the way in which a growing number of actors are involved in policy-making and delivery. This text seeks to answer key questions regarding the capacity of national governments to deliver their policy objectives.

Contemporary Chinese Politics: Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies considers how new and diverse sources and methods are changing the study of Chinese politics. Contributors spanning three generations in China studies place their distinct qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches in the framework of the discipline and point to challenges or opportunities (or both) of adapting new sources and methods to the study of contemporary China. How can we more effectively use new sources and methods of data collection? How can we better integrate the study of Chinese politics into the discipline of political science, to the betterment of both? This comprehensive methodological survey will be of immense interest to graduate students heading into the field for the first time and experienced scholars looking to keep abreast of the state of the art in the study of Chinese politics