Polarized and demobilized : legacies of authoritarianism in Palestine / Dana El Kurd.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (226 pages). : illustrations, mapsContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197520758 (ebook) :Subject(s): Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993-
| Authoritarianism -- Palestine | Palestinian National Authority -- Politics and government | Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Peace -- International cooperationAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190095864DDC classification: 956.94055 LOC classification: DS119.76Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: After the 1994 Oslo Accords, Palestinians were hopeful that an end to the Israeli occupation was within reach, and that a state would be theirs by 1999. With this promise, international powers became increasingly involved in Palestinian politics, and many shadows of statehood arose in the territories. Today, however, no state has emerged, and the occupation has become more entrenched. Concurrently, the Palestinian Authority has become increasingly authoritarian, and Palestinians ever more polarised and demobilised. Palestine is not unique in this: international involvement, and its disruptive effects, have been a constant across the contemporary Arab world. This book argues that internationally backed authoritarianism has an effect on society itself, not just on regime-level dynamics.
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Also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
After the 1994 Oslo Accords, Palestinians were hopeful that an end to the Israeli occupation was within reach, and that a state would be theirs by 1999. With this promise, international powers became increasingly involved in Palestinian politics, and many shadows of statehood arose in the territories. Today, however, no state has emerged, and the occupation has become more entrenched. Concurrently, the Palestinian Authority has become increasingly authoritarian, and Palestinians ever more polarised and demobilised. Palestine is not unique in this: international involvement, and its disruptive effects, have been a constant across the contemporary Arab world. This book argues that internationally backed authoritarianism has an effect on society itself, not just on regime-level dynamics.
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