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Privatizing welfare in the Middle East : kin mutual aid associations in Jordan and Lebanon /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baylouny, Anne Marie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2010]
Series:Indiana series in Middle East studies.
Subjects:
Social institutions > Jordan.
Social institutions > Lebanon.
Charities > Jordan.
Charities > Lebanon.
Middle class > Jordan.
Middle class > Lebanon.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : organizing for security
  • Welfare, work, and collective action
  • State and militia welfare and their demise
  • Hard times and private-sector welfare options
  • Kin mutual aid
  • Creating kin and new institutions
  • Elites, elections, and civil society
  • Conclusion : insight into identity and institutions.