Protection Amid Chaos : the Creation of Property Rights in Palestinian Refugee Camps.

The right to own property is something we generally take for granted. For refugees living in camps, in some cases for as long as generations, the link between citizenship and property ownership becomes strained. How do refugees protect these assets and preserve communal ties? How do they maintain a...

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Main Author: Hajj, Nadya
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
Series:Columbia studies in Middle East politics.
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Summary:The right to own property is something we generally take for granted. For refugees living in camps, in some cases for as long as generations, the link between citizenship and property ownership becomes strained. How do refugees protect these assets and preserve communal ties? How do they maintain a sense of identity and belonging within chaotic settings? Protection Amid Chaos follows people as they develop binding claims on assets and resources in challenging political and economic spaces. Focusing on Palestinians living in refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan, it shows how the first to arrive.
Physical Description:1 online resource (233 pages)
ISBN:9780231542920
0231542925
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.