Book Chapters

  • “The Value of Positive Deviant Cases for Development Policy.” In Jennifer Widner, Michael Woolcock and Daniel Ortega Nieto, eds. The Case for Case Studies: Integrating Scholarship and Practice in International Development. New York: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
  • “Development and Underdevelopment in the Middle East.” In Carol Lancaster and Nicolas van de Walle, eds. Handbook of the Politics of Development. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
  • “Transition Experiences and Relevant Lessons for the Arab Transitions.” In The Middle East Economies in Times of Transition, edited by Ahmed Galal and Ishac Diwan. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, pp. 279-308. (PDF of this chapter: Part 1 and Part 2.)
  • “Fiscal Policy and Crony Capitalism in MENA Countries.” In The Middle East Economies in Times of Transition, edited by Ahmed Galal and Ishac Diwan. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, pp. 63-98. (With Ishac Diwan.) (PDF of this chapter: Part 1 and Part 2.)
  • “The Political Economy of Development in the Middle East.” In Ellen Lust, ed., The Middle East, 14th ed. New York: CQ Press, 2015. (With Ishac Diwan)
  • “Social Welfare.” In Tulia Falleti, Orfeo Fioretos and Adam Sheingate, eds., Handbook of Historical Institutionalism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. (With Aytuğ Şaşmaz)
  • “Human Insecurity: Poverty and Welfare in Lebanon.” In Donna Lee Bowen and Becky Schulthies, eds, Everyday Life in the Middle East, 3rd ed. Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2014.
  • “Introduction,” “The Political Consequences of Non-state Social Welfare: An Analytical Framework” and “Conclusion.” In The Politics of Non-state Social Welfare, edited by Melani Cammett and Lauren Morris MacLean. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2014. (With Lauren Morris MacLean)
  • “Sectarian Politics and Social Welfare: Non-state Provision in Lebanon.” In The Politics of Non-state Social Welfare, edited by Melani Cammett and Lauren Morris MacLean. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2014.
  • “Epilogue: A Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings.” A Political Economy of the Middle East. Third ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, forthcoming 2013. (With Ishac Diwan.) (PDF of this chapter: Part 1 and Part 2.)
    • Abridged versions reprinted in Arabic in Kalamon Al-Thaqafiyya (Fall 2013), Le Monde Diplomatique/Al-Khaleej (October 2013) and Le Monde Diplomatique/Al-Ahram (Sept. 28, 2013); and in English in Jadaliyya (January 2013).
  • “Using Proxy Interviewing to Address Sensitive Topics.” In Layna Mosley, ed., Interviewing in Political Science. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2013.
  • “The Diversity of Islamic Charitable Activities: Analytical Distinctions Among Shi’a Muslim Organizations in Lebanon.” In Raj Brown and Justin Pierce, ed., Charities in the Non-Western World: The Development and Regulation of Indigenous and Islamic Charities. London: Routledge, 2013.
  • “The Political Economy of Development in the Middle East.” In Ellen Lust, ed., The Middle East, 13th ed. New York: CQ Press, 2013.
  • “The Political Economy of Development in the Middle East.” In Ellen Lust, ed., The Middle East, 12th ed. New York: CQ Press, 2010.
  • “Challenges to Networks of Privilege in Morocco: Implications for Network Analysis.” In Steven Heydemann, ed. Networks of Privilege in the Middle East: The Politics of Economic Reform Revisited. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, pp. 245-279.