This book focuses on the political system of Lebanon; its history, institutions and the effect thereof on current political contestation. The research question reads: How have the Lebanese citizens historically been articulated as religious subjects, and how does the subsequent political system limit the scope for political contestation? The empirical data is categorized into a historical and a present perspective the division being before and after the Ta'if Agreement. The theoretical basis of the book is Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory.