Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction: on the humanitarian cause; 1 Palestinians in Lebanon; 2 Foreign state patronage and Palestinian proxy mobilisation; 3 Patronage and the dynamic of PLO entrenchment in Lebanon; 4 The parameters of factional power: patronage and competing clienteles in the camp today; 5 Camp as economic resource: rent-seeking and territoriality; 6 The racket society; 7 UNRWA and the moral hazard of Palestinian exceptionalism; Conclusion: on the humanitarian enterprise; Bibliography; Index