The Palestinian National Movement: Politics Of Contention, 1967-2005 - Couverture souple

Jamal, Amal

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0253217733 ISBN 13 : 9780253217738

Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2005

Synopsis

A comprehensive, up-to-date account of the dynamics in the Palestinian political arena." -Ann M. Lesch, Villanova University

This innovative study examines the internal dynamics of the Palestinian political elite and their impact on the struggle to establish a Palestinian state. The PLO leadership has sought to prevent the rise of any alternative in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that can challenge its authority to represent Palestinian aspirations for self-determination. Drawing on Palestinian sources and interviews with Palestinian political leaders, Jamal argues that the Fatah leadership has attempted to mobilize new social forces-local secular-nationalist and Islamist movements-while undermining their ability to develop independent power structures. This policy has served to radicalize the younger local elites, contributing to the tensions that precipitated the first and second intifadas. Israel's policies have undermined the legitimacy of the national elite, while enhancing the Islamist opposition's ideological legitimacy. In this way, internal elite disunity and growing political differentiation have worked against development of a common Palestinian strategy of state-building.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Amal Jamal is Lecturer in Political Science at Tel Aviv University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Indiana University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0253217733
• ISBN 13: 9780253217738
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible