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100	1		_aJosé Ciro Martínez
245	1	0	_aStates of Subsistence: _bThe Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan
264		1	_aStanford: _bStanford University Press, _c2022
300			_axvii, 331 p., _bill.; _c24 cm
490	1		_aStanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aA new style of administration -- Sensing the state -- State-craft -- Echoes, absences and reach -- Tactics at the bakery -- Leavened apprehensions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_a"On any given day in Jordan, more than nine million residents eat approximately ten million loaves of khubz 'arabi--the slightly leavened flatbread known to many as pita. Some rely on this bread to avoid starvation, for others it is a customary pleasure. Yet despite its ubiquity in accounts of Middle East politics and society, rarely do we consider how bread is prepared, consumed, discussed, and circulated-and what this all represents. With this book, José Ciro Martínez examines khubz 'arabi to unpack the effects of the welfare program that ensures its widespread availability. Drawing on more than a year working as a baker in Amman, Martínez probes the practices that underpin subsidized bread. Following bakers and bureaucrats, he offers an immersive examination of social welfare provision. Martínez argues that the state is best understood as the product of routine practices and actions, through which it becomes a stable truth in the lives of citizens. "Performing the State" not only describes logics of rule in contemporary Jordan--and the place of bread within them--but also unpacks how the state endures through forms, sensations, and practices amidst the seemingly unglamorous and unspectacular day-to-day"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aBread industry _xPolitical aspects _zJordan
650		0	_aBread industry _xSubsidies _zJordan
650		0	_aBread _xGovernment policy _zJordan
650		0	_aPublic welfare _zJordan
651		0	_aJordan _xPolitics and government
830		0	_aStanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
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