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 …

This book challenges the conventional (modernist-inspired) understanding of urbanization
as a universal process tied to the ideal-typical model of the modern metropolis with its …

Page 1 Page 2 The recent political history of Lebanon has been defined by the legacy of a
civil war that began in the spring of 1975 and continued unabated for the next fifteen years …

TERRORISM AND THE POLITICS OF NAMING as much disagreement as that of'terrorism'.
While those chastised by their opponents may still take some pride in-and indeed adopt …

This article explains the endurance of sectarian identities and modes of political mobilization
in Lebanon after the civil war. This is done by examining three case studies that demonstrate …

This paper presents the first findings of ongoing research documenting the changing
modalities of governing and organizing the built environment in the past two decades in …

I combine household surveys, national accounts and unique personal income tax records to
produce the first estimates of the national income distribution in an Arab country, Lebanon. I …

How do welfare regimes function when state institutions are weak and ethnic or sectarian
groups control access to basic services? This paper explores how people gain access to …

Throughout the centuries Beirut has had an endless capacity for reinvention and
transformation, a consequence of migration, conquest, trade, and internal conflict. the last …

In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative
(BRI), which includes the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road …