Governing Gaza - Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 19171967

Informationen zum Autor Ilana Feldman is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at George Washington University. Klappentext Examines the role of the civil service in Gaza during the British Mandate and Egyptian Administration. Zusammenfassung An investigation into how government persists under even the most untenable conditions! based on an analysis of government in Gaza between 1917 and 1967. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Note on Transliteration xiii 1. Introduction: Government Practice and the Place of Gaza 1 Part One. Producing Bureaucratic Authority 2. Ruling Files 31 3. On Being a Civil Servant 63 4. Civil Service Competence and the Course of a Career 91 Part Two. Tactical Practice and Government Work 5. Service in Crisis 123 6. Servicing Everyday Life 155 7. Community Services and Formations of Civic Life 189 8. Conclusion: Gaza and an Anthropology of Government 219 Notes 237 Bibliography 297 Index 313

Product details

• Authors: Feldman, Allen Feldman, Ilana Feldman
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2008
• EAN: 9780822342229
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4222-9
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Naher und Mittlerer Osten, Regionalstudien