Police Encounters: Security and Surveillance in Gaza Under Egyptian Rule - Couverture souple

Livre 19 sur 51: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures

Feldman, Ilana

 
9780804795340: Police Encounters: Security and Surveillance in Gaza Under Egyptian Rule
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ISBN 10 : 0804795347 ISBN 13 : 9780804795340
Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Egypt came to govern Gaza as a result of a war, a failed effort to maintain Arab Palestine. Throughout the twenty years of its administration (1948-1967), Egyptian policing of Gaza concerned itself not only with crime and politics, but also with control of social and moral order. Through surveillance, interrogation, and a network of local informants, the police extended their reach across the public domain and into private life, seeing Palestinians as both security threats and vulnerable subjects who needed protection. Security practices produced suspicion and safety simultaneously.

Police Encounters explores the paradox of Egyptian rule. Drawing on a rich and detailed archive of daily police records, the book describes an extensive security apparatus guided by intersecting concerns about national interest, social propriety, and everyday illegality. In pursuit of security, Egyptian policing established a relatively safe society, but also one that blocked independent political activity. The repressive aspects of the security society that developed in Gaza under Egyptian rule are beyond dispute. But repression does not tell the entire story about its impact on Gaza. Policing also provided opportunities for people to make claims of government, influence their neighbors, and protect their families.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ilana Feldman is Associate Professor of Anthropology, History, and International Affairs at The George Washington University. She is the author of Governing Gaza: Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917-1967 (2008).

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Éditeur
Stanford University Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0804795347
ISBN 13 
9780804795340
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780804793957: Police Encounters: Security and Surveillance in Gaza Under Egyptian Rule

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0804793956 ISBN 13 :  9780804793957
Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2015
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