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| Author | : Nathan J. Brown |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 56 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Arab-Israeli conflict |
| ISBN | : |
Since the earliest days of the Palestinian Authority, a varied group of Palestinians has sought to lay the practical foundation for Palestinian statehood through the construction of strong institutions with clearand generally liberallegal bases. Although these efforts have been sometimes frustrated by the Palestinian leadership and by deep rivalries between the reform groups, reformers have coalesced around a remarkably common agenda. Brown examines efforts by Palestinian reformers on several issues including the rule of law, public finances, corruption, elections, and local governance.
| Author | : Roland Friedrich |
| Publisher | : DCAF |
| Total Pages | : 183 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9292220616 |
"Original versions: English and Arabic, Geneva and Ramallah, 2007"--T.p. verso.
| Author | : Toufic Haddad |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 354 |
| Release | : 2016-07-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1786730979 |
Since the 1993 Oslo Accords, the Occupied Palestinian Territory has been the subject of extensive international peacebuilding and statebuilding efforts coordinated by Western donor states and international finance institutions. Despite their failure to yield peace or Palestinian statehood, the role of these organisations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is generally overlooked owing to their depiction as tertiary actors engaged in technical missions. In Palestine Ltd., Toufic Haddad explores how neoliberal frameworks have shaped and informed the common understandings of international, Israeli and Palestinian interactions throughout the Oslo peace process. Drawing upon more than 20 years of policy literature, field-based interviews and recently declassified or leaked documents, he details how these frameworks have led to struggles over influencing Palestinian political and economic behaviour, and attempts to mould the class character of Palestinian society and its leadership. A dystopian vision of Palestine emerges as the by-product of this complex asymmetrical interaction, where nationalism, neo-colonialism and `disaster capitalism' both intersect and diverge. This book is essential for students and scholars interested in Middle East Studies, Arab-Israeli politics and international development.
| Author | : Nathan J. Brown |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2012-03-15 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0801464366 |
Throughout the Arab world, Islamist political movements are joining the electoral process. This change alarms some observers and excites other. In recent years, electoral opportunities have opened, and Islamist movements have seized them. But those opportunities, while real, have also been sharply circumscribed. Elections may be freer, but they are not fair. The opposition can run but it generally cannot win. Semiauthoritarian conditions prevail in much of the Arab world, even in the wake of the Arab Spring. How do Islamist movements change when they plunge into freer but unfair elections? How do their organizations (such as the Muslim Brotherhood) and structures evolve? What happens to their core ideological principles? And how might their increased involvement affect the political system? In When Victory Is Not an Option, Nathan J. Brown addresses these questions by focusing on Islamist movements in Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, and Palestine. He shows that uncertain benefits lead to uncertain changes. Islamists do adapt their organizations and their ideologies do bend—some. But leaders almost always preserve a line of retreat in case the political opening fizzles or fails to deliver what they wish. The result is a cat-and-mouse game between dominant regimes and wily movements. There are possibilities for more significant changes, but to date they remain only possibilities.
| Author | : Benjamin Wittes |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 435 |
| Release | : 2010-02-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0815704178 |
A Brookings Institution Press and the Hoover Institution and the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law publication The events of September 11 and subsequent American actions irrevocably changed the political, military, and legal landscapes of U.S. national security. Predictably, many of the changes were controversial, and abuses were revealed. The United States needs a legal framework that reflects these new realities. Legislating the War on Terror presents an agenda for reforming the statutory law governing this new battle, balancing the need for security, the rule of law, and the constitutional rights that protect American freedom. The authors span a considerable swath of the political spectrum, but they all believe that Congress has a significant role to play in shaping the contours of America's confrontation with terrorism. Their essays are organized around the major tools that the United States has deployed against al Qaeda as well as the legal problems that have arisen as a result. • Mark Gitenstein compares U.S. and foreign legal standards for detention, interrogation, and surveillance. • Matthew Waxman studies possible strategic purposes for detaining people without charging them, while Jack Goldsmith imagines a system of judicially reviewed law-of-war detention. • Robert Chesney suggests ways to refine U.S. criminal law into a more powerful instrument against terrorism. • Robert Litt and Wells C. Bennett suggest the creation of a specialized bar of defense lawyers for trying accused terrorists in criminal courts. • David Martin explores the relationship between immigration law and counterterrorism. • David Kris lays out his proposals for modernizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. • Justin Florence and Matthew Gerke outline possible reforms of civil justice procedures in national security litigation. • Benjamin Wittes and Stuart Taylor Jr. investigate ways to improve interrogation laws while clarifying the definition and limits of torture. • Kenneth Anderson argues for the protection of
| Author | : Yazīd Ṣāyigh |
| Publisher | : Council on Foreign Relations |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9780876092620 |
A report of the Council [on Foreign Relations] sponsored independent task force, Strengthening Palestinian Public Institutions, chaired by Michel Rocard and directed by Henry Siegman. Released June 28, 1999.
| Author | : Michael Bröning |
| Publisher | : Pluto Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011-04-15 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9780745330938 |
This book contradicts the dominant myth that incompetent, corrupt, and uncompromising Palestinian decision-makers are responsible for the lasting stalemate in the Middle-East Peace Process. It highlights recent political developments in Palestine that fundamentally redefine important parameters of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Contrary to public perception, new political trends in the Palestinian Territories bolster prospects for the realization of Palestinian national aspirations. Michael Bröning identifies key indicators which fundamentally question dominant Israeli narratives and pose an unprecedented strategic challenge to the Israeli leadership. These include the re-invention of Hamas, the reform of the Fatah movement, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s state-building efforts and the surge of non-violent resistance against Israel. This persuasive book forces us to reconsider the perceived wisdom that the Palestinians are powerless to influence events as they struggle for peace.
| Author | : Wendy Pearlman |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 303 |
| Release | : 2011-10-24 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1139503057 |
Why do some national movements use violent protest and others nonviolent protest? Wendy Pearlman shows that much of the answer lies inside movements themselves. Nonviolent protest requires coordination and restraint, which only a cohesive movement can provide. When, by contrast, a movement is fragmented, factional competition generates new incentives for violence and authority structures are too weak to constrain escalation. Pearlman reveals these patterns across one hundred years in the Palestinian national movement, with comparisons to South Africa and Northern Ireland. To those who ask why there is no Palestinian Gandhi, Pearlman demonstrates that nonviolence is not simply a matter of leadership. Nor is violence attributable only to religion, emotions or stark instrumentality. Instead, a movement's organizational structure mediates the strategies that it employs. By taking readers on a journey from civil disobedience to suicide bombings, this book offers fresh insight into the dynamics of conflict and mobilization.
| Author | : Jim Zanotti |
| Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 35 |
| Release | : 2010-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1437919421 |
Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) Oslo-Era Security Assist.; Backslides and Delays in Reform: 2000-07; USSC Mission: 2007-2009; Future Prospects; (3) PA Security Org.; (4) How U.S. Efforts are Coordinated: U.S. Train. Assist. to PA Forces; Forces Being Trained; Trainee Recruit. and Vetting; U.S. Equip. and Facilities Assist.; (5) Deployment of U.S.-Sponsored, JIPTC-Trained PA Forces: Jenin, Hebron, Qalqilya, and Other Key Areas; During the Gaza Conflict; Assessing the Impact of U.S. Assist.; (6) Will the IDF Allow Greater Coord. and Freedom of Action?; USSC Role; Criminal Justice Sector Reform; (7) Expanding U.S. Mandate and/or Capabilities; Contingency Plans; Benchmarks and/or Periodic Reports/Accountings. Illustrations.
| Author | : Sārī Ḥanafī |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 420 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000- |
| ISBN | : |
This book aims to inquire into the ways in which external actors influence Palestinian NGOs in terms of their development policies and their relative promotion of democratization, and secondly, to investigate the capacity of Palestinian NGOs to contribute to the elaboration of global agendas through transnational activism and global conferences. In order to circumscribe this broad problematic, the empirical data was drawn from organizations working within three sectors: in health, in gender and development, and in human rights and democracy. As the empirical investigation for this study proceeded, this study became aware that an examination of the sites where the ‘global’ and the ‘local’ intersect and intertwine is inseparable from an analysis of the effects of new transnational relations, specifically the aid system, and their impact on local social formations. This is to say that local actors and social structures do not remain static, but are transformed as they are drawn into new transnational relations and then seek to negotiate their place within the aid industry and their relations with donors and international NGOs.
