Description
Book SynopsisExploring identity-based organizations, welfare, and civil society
Trade Review"Full of novel and important information... offer[s] an innovative argument." —Marc Lynch, George Washington University
"Baylouny’s work covers the emerging trend of kin associations and privatisation of welfare as a global phenomenon in her theoretical approach and review of the literature.... The book maintains a flow with topics organised into chapters with a clear purpose which support the main arguments. Given the books accessibility and subject, it is a useful read for policy makers and professionals in the international development industry, as well as scholars and students with similar research areas." —Political Studies Review, May 2012
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: Organizing for Security
1. Welfare, Work, and Collective Action
2. State and Militia Welfare and Their Demise
3. Hard Times and Private-Sector Welfare Options
4. Kin Mutual Aid
5. Creating Kin and New Institutions
6. Elites, Elections, and Civil Society
Conclusion: Insight into Identity and Institutions
Appendix 1. Research Method and Data
Appendix 2. Interview Questionnaires
Notes
Bibliography
Index
