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Privatizing Welfare in the Middle East: Kin Mutual Aid Associations in Jordan and Lebanon (Indiana Series in Middle East Studies) (10th Edition) by Anne Marie Baylouny Paperback, 316 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-253-22195-1 / 0253221951 ISBN-13: 978-0-253-22195-7 / 9780253221957 Anne Marie Baylouny examines previously undocumented effects of neoliberal economic reforms on middle classes in the Middle East. As the state's safety network has been withdrawn, kin-based mutual aid associations―organized around new definitions of kinship and identity and geared to contemporary ma |