1st Edition
Humanitarian Rackets and their Moral Hazards The Case of the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon
By Rayyar Marron
Copyright 2016
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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The humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon has become one of the most populist causes in the world, yet the causes of the crisis have been misrepresented, whilst on-going humanitarian assistance could arguably be said to amplify problems that exist in the camps. Shedding light on the disturbing occurrence of corruption, rent-seeking and racketeering, together with the... Read more
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: On the Humanitarian Cause
1. Palestinians in Lebanon
2. Foreign State Patronage and Palestinian Proxy Mobilisation
3. Patronage and the Dynamic of PLO Entrenchment in Lebanon
4. The Parameters of Factional Power: Patronage and Competing Clienteles in the Camp
5. Camp as Economic Resource: Rent-seeking and Territoriality
6. The Racket Society
7. UNRWA and the Moral Hazard of Palestinian Exceptionalism
Conclusion: On the Humanitarian Enterprise
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Rayyar Marron is School Visitor to the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University.
