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This book addresses how institutional and diplomatic rituals shaped the European Union's sanction of Hamas after the latter's success in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections.
List of contents
Introduction: A Performative Account of Hamas in Gaza and the EU in Brussels 1. Bodies in spaces: entering, belonging and being in Gaza and in Brussels 2. ‘Don’t look at me like that’: un-recognising Hamas’s political performance 3. Democracy performed: Hamas and the EU performing change through the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections 4. ‘Perform or else’: the EU’s ‘failure’ to respond to Hamas’s success in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections 5. The performativity of threat: the EU and Hamas through the violent policy of conditionality Conclusion: Post-performance policy proposals
About the author
Catherine Charrett in a Lecturer in International Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. The author completed a PhD in International Politics at Aberystwyth University, an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a BA in International Relations from the University of British Columbia. The author received an Independent Social Research Foundation Research Fellowship for an interdisciplinary approach to researching politically and socially salient topics. The author has produced a performance piece on the topic of this book entitled: "Politics in Drag: Sipping Toffee with Hamas in Brussels," which can be viewed through the Review of International Studies. This research has also been published with the European Journal of International Relations.
Summary
This book addresses how institutional and diplomatic rituals shaped the European Union’s sanction of Hamas after the latter’s success in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections.
