{"product_id":"states-of-subsistence-the-politics-of-bread-in-contemporary-jordan-9781503631328","title":"States of Subsistence: The Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn any given day in Jordan, more than nine million residents eat approximately ten million loaves of \u003ci\u003ekhubz 'arabi\u003c\/i\u003e-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, Jos? Ciro Mart?nez examines \u003ci\u003ekhubz 'arabi\u003c\/i\u003e to unpack the effects of the welfare program that ensures its widespread availability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on more than a year working as a baker in Amman, Mart?nez probes the practices that underpin subsidized bread. Following bakers and bureaucrats, he offers an immersive examination of social welfare provision. Mart?nez 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. \u003ci\u003eStates of Subsistence\u003c\/i\u003e 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 amid the seemingly unglamorous and unspectacular day-to-day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosé Ciro Martínez\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Politics at the University of York and Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College, University of Cambridge.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50383001977106,"sku":"9781503631328","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9383a13a-3cab-4262-9911-8cb6c4f51720.jpg?v=1728775538","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/states-of-subsistence-the-politics-of-bread-in-contemporary-jordan-9781503631328","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}