Neo-Weberian Reading of Violent Non-State Actors: The Case of Hezbollah

Multiple-actor reality and the impact of different units, except states in stratified structural relations, have become more apparent recent international relations. Specifically, rising role Violent Non-State Actors (VNSA) regions like Middle East North Africa, their challenges to sole central position states, reinforced this idea. Hence, comprehending possible actorhood these groups within relations consisting internal external realms necessitates alternative concepts challenging arguments. The Neo-Weberian approach, inspired by historical sociology, offers a grounded balanced analysis actors. This approach puts state-society at center attention and, thus, looks all dimensions (both actor structure) social as ingrained theory structuration. In way, it seems capture complex interactions between actors dynamics, well dynamic transformation both ontological realities. Along line, study intends illuminate intriguing aspects certain advantages structuration scrutinizing Hezbollah’s agency, which is critical VNSA East, its on evolution over time. other words, modest contribution literature, mutual interaction agent structure explored via unique case. argues that Hezbollah emerged result preexisting realities during process, proved agency influential dynamics. To substantiate theoretical arguments, permissive conditions region Lebanon will be explained, then an surveyed with special emphasis two regional dynamics: Arab uprisings, particularly Syrian war, now hegemonic Lebanese politics.