Property rights are not supposed to exist in palestinian refugee camps at least the existing scholarly record does not predict their presence after all why would a marginalized community living in uncertain political economic conditions go to all the trouble and effort of crafting institutions that lay claim to assets in a refugee camp yet a routine interview with a palestinian refugee led . Protection amid chaos the creation of property rights in palestinian refugee camps columbia studies in middle east politics english edition ebook hajj nadya amazonde kindle shop. Nadya hajjs protection amid chaos the creation of property rights in palestinian refugee camps though modest in length contains information from over 200 interviews conducted with palestinian refugees from seven camps over a span of eight years how and why did property rights develop in these transitional settings hajj arrived at this central research question after interviewing a former member of the nahr al bared nbc palestinian refugee camp in lebanon nbc was destroyed in 2007 . Protection amid chaos follows people as they develop binding claims on assets and resources in challenging political and economic spaces focusing on palestinians living in refugee camps in lebanon and jordan it shows how the first to arrive developed flexible though legitimate property rights claims based on legal knowledge retained from their homeland subsequently adapted to the restrictions of refugee life as camps increased in complexity refugees merged their informal institutions . Protection amid chaos the creation of property rights in palestinian refugee camps columbia studies in middle east politics hardcover illustrated december 13 2016 by nadya hajj author