Browsing Sociology by Author "Cammett, Melani"
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Compassionate Communalism: Welfare and Sectarianism in Lebanon
Cammett, Melani (Cornell University Press, 2014)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 ... -
The Politics of Non-state Social Welfare
Cammett, Melani; MacLean, Lauren M. (Cornell University Press, 2014)Across the world, welfare states are under challenge (or were never developed extensively in the first place) while non-state actors increasingly provide public goods and basic welfare. In many parts of the Middle East and ...