Compassionate Communalism Welfare and Sectarianism in Lebanon

Name: Compassionate Communalism Welfare and Sectarianism in Lebanon
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ISBN: 9780801478932

ISBN-10: 0801478936

ISBN-13: 9780801478932

Edition: 2014

Authors: Melani Cammett

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In Lebanon, religious parties such as Hezbollah play a critical role in providing health care, food, poverty relief, and other social welfare services alongside or in the absence of government efforts. Some parties distribute goods and services broadly, even to members of other parties or other faiths, while others allocate services more narrowly to their own base. In Compassionate Communalism, Melani Cammett analyzes the political logics of sectarianism through the lens of social welfare. On the basis of years of research into the varying welfare distribution strategies of Christian, Shia Muslim, and Sunni Muslim political parties in Lebanon, Cammett shows how and why sectarian groups…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 4/17/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English