Governance, governmentalities, and the state of exception in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-159

  Hanafi, Sari ^a   Long, Taylor ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Pursue Ltd   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Islamic governmentality; Palestinian refugee camps; State of exception

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; ISLAMISM; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

LEBANON;

EID: 77954187606     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/feq014     Document Type: Article

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