Social Welfare and Religion in the Middle East: A Lebanese Perspective

by Jawad and Rana Jawad

As religion continues to regain its centrality in both academic and policy circles around the world, this book presents a new framework which examines the complex social and political dynamics shaping social welfare in the Middle East. Based on an in-depth study of the major Muslim and Christian religious welfare organisations in Lebanon (including Hezbollah), and drawing upon supplementary research conducted in Iran, Egypt and Turkey, the book argues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 186134953X
• ISBN13: 9781861349538
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"