Palestinian National Movement - Politics of Contention, 1967-2005

Informationen zum Autor Amal Jamal Klappentext Amal Jamal is Lecturer in Political Science at Tel Aviv University. Zusammenfassung Examines the internal dynamics of the Palestinian political elite and their impact on the struggle to establish a Palestinian state. This book argues that the Fatah leadership has attempted to mobilize social forces, local secular-nationalist and Islamist movements, while undermining their ability to develop independent power structures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Structural and Historical Context 2. From Dissension to Coordination: The PLO Leadership and the National Elite in the Occupied Territories 3. Mobilization under Control: The Political Economy of Steadfastness 4. Engineering Compliance: New Modes of Political Entrepreneurship and the Co-optation of Contenders 5. Seizing Structural Opportunities: The Islamist Elite and the Framing of Authenticity Discourse 6. The Politics of Symbolic Capital and the Institutionalization of Neopatrimonial Power 7. The Second Intifada and Its Impact on Elite Structures Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Amal Jamal, Jamal Amal
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.06.2005
• EAN: 9780253217738
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21773-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Indiana Series in Middle East; Indiana Series in Middle East Studies; Indiana Series in Middle East; Middle East Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)