Examines the interface between diplomacy and international assistance during the Oslo years and the intifada. This book explores the politics of international aid to the Palestinians between the creation of the Palestinian Authority and the death of Presid
Examines the interface between diplomacy and international assistance during the Oslo years and the intifada. This book explores the politics of inter...
Tracing the evolution of the Israeli academic debate over history, politics, and collective identity, Understanding the Middle East Peace Process examines the Middle East peace process since Oslo and follows the discursive struggle over Israeli collective identity.
Based on interviews with key protagonists, this book gives a detailed analysis of the interrelatedness of academic debate, societal discourse, and collective identity against the background of major political events in Israel. It charts the ascendancy and expansion of post-Zionism, outlines the emergence of...
Tracing the evolution of the Israeli academic debate over history, politics, and collective identity, Understanding the Middle East Peace Proce...
This book is concerned with the development of civil society in the Arab Middle East with particular reference to the Palestinian case. It shows how external Western donations aimed at building civil society and democracy don't always lead to the anticipated results and documents the rise of Islamist activity often at the expense of secular, liberal movements.
This book is concerned with the development of civil society in the Arab Middle East with particular reference to the Palestinian case. It shows how e...
Mixed city is a term widely used in Israel to describe areas occupied by both Jewish and Arab communities. In a critical examination of such cities, the author shows how a clear spatial and mental division exists between Arabs and Jews in Israel, and how the occurrence of such communities is both exceptional and involuntary.
Looking at Jewish-Arab relations in Israel in the context of the built environment, it is argued that there are complex links between socio-political relations and the production of contested urban space. The case study of one particular...
Mixed city is a term widely used in Israel to describe areas occupied by both Jewish and Arab communities. In a critical examination of su...
This book is a comparison of two ethnic-national states which have been in conflict - apartheid South Africa and Zionist Israel - and how internal dissent has developed. It examines the evolution of effective white protest in South Africa and explores the reasons why comparably powerful movements have not emerged in Israel.
This book is a comparison of two ethnic-national states which have been in conflict - apartheid South Africa and Zionist Israel - and how internal dis...
This book delves into the issue of reparations in relation to Palestinian refugees in their search for a solution to their displacement and dispossession. Highlighting the broad spectrum of reparations available as forms of remedy for a historical injustice, the author probes the reasons behind the failure to reach a reparations agreement till the present day and discusses the significance of issues of apology, recognition and acknowledgement of responsibility.
In its approach, the book departs from traditional and modern perceptions of reparations as featuring in...
This book delves into the issue of reparations in relation to Palestinian refugees in their search for a solution to their displacement and disposs...
National minorities and their behaviour have become a central topic in comparative politics in the last few decades. Using the relationship between the state of Israel and the Arab national minority as a case study, this book provides a valuable examination of minority nationalism and state-minority relations.
National minorities and their behaviour have become a central topic in comparative politics in the last few decades. Using the relationship between th...
This book takes a fresh look at the refugee problem & examines Palestinian refugee exile & alienation across the Levant. It opens a critical debate on key conceptual dimensions, unpacking the new terminology on refugees, migration & diaspora studies.
This book takes a fresh look at the refugee problem & examines Palestinian refugee exile & alienation across the Levant. It opens a critical debate on...
Examines the politics of Jerusalem since 1967 and in particular the city's decline as an Arab city. This book covers issues such as the Old City, the barrier, planning regulations and efforts to remove Palestinians from it. It focuses on Palestinian politics and how they have evolved over time from the grass roots upwards.
Examines the politics of Jerusalem since 1967 and in particular the city's decline as an Arab city. This book covers issues such as the Old City, the ...
Israel-Palestine in the Print News Media: Contending Discourses is concerned with conceptions of language, knowledge, and thought about political conflict in the Middle East in two national news media communities: the United States and the United Kingdom.
Arguing for the existence of national perspectives which are constructed, distributed, and reinforced in the print news media, this study provides a detailed linguistic analysis of print news media coverage of four recent events in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in order to examine ideological patterns present in print news media...
Israel-Palestine in the Print News Media: Contending Discourses is concerned with conceptions of language, knowledge, and thought about political c...
