Countdown to Statehood: Palestinian State Formation in the West Bank and Gaza - Couverture souple

Frisch, Hillel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791437124 ISBN 13 : 9780791437124

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1998

Synopsis

A study of Palestinian state formation in comparison to Zionist experiences.

Countdown to Statehood, based on Arabic, English, and Hebrew language sources, analyzes the form that the Palestinian state is likely to take. The book looks at past institution-building patterns in the West Bank and Gaza, the relationship between the PLO and the local Palestinians, and the nature of the conflict with Israel from 1967 through the first year of the Palestinian Authority under Arafat's leadership.

A major reference point in this analysis is the Zionist experience of state-building in Israel's own pre-independence era. Not only did the Zionist experience serve as a model of a successful protagonist that Palestinians wished to emulate, but both also began as diaspora-based. These similarities and, even more so, the dissimilarities between these two struggles for national determination allow the reader to assess the potential likenesses and disparities of the future Palestinian state compared to its Israeli counterpart. The concluding chapter analyzes the findings in the broader context of third-world state-building by arguing, contrary to the common wisdom that "war makes the state," that more peaceful routes to statehood lead to better states in the post-independence era.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Hillel Frisch is Lecturer in the Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University, Israel. He has previously published (with Shmuel Sandler) Israel, the Palestinians and the West Bank: A Study in Intercommunal Conflict.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791437124
• ISBN 13: 9780791437124
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 221
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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