Abstract
The provision of foodstuffs has long been a feature of relations between rulers and ruled. Today, bread subsidies are one of the most ubiquitous welfare programs in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet while bread’s importance is apparent to inhabitants of the region scholars remain, for the most part, unable to understand or explain the foodstuff’s significance, meaning and magnitude beyond fuzzy notions of a social contract. Questions abound.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Routledge Handbook of Middle East Politics |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 31 |
| Pages | 456-468 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315170688 |
| ISBN (Print) | 1032237171, 9781032237176 |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Mar 2020 |