Beschreibung:
Rochelle Davis is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She is author of Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced.Mimi Kirk is Editor, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore. She is editor (with Chris Toensing) of Uncovering Iraq: Trajectories of Disintegration and Transformation and (with Jean-François Seznec) of Industrialization in the Gulf: A Socioeconomic Revolution.
Rochelle Davis is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Georgetown University¿s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She is author of Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced.
Historically grounded essays by leading scholars engage the issues that continue to shape Palestinian society.
Introduction: Palestine and the Palestinians in the Twenty-first Century Rochelle DavisPart I. Colonial Projects and Twentieth-Century Currents1. The Zionist Colonization of Palestine in the Context of Comparative Settler Colonialism Gabriel Piterberg2. Colonial Occupation and Development in the West Bank and Gaza: Understanding the Palestinian Economy through the Work of Yusif Sayigh Leila Farsakh3. War, Peace, Civil War: A Pattern? Tamim al-BarghoutiPart II. Politics, Law, and Society: 21st-century Developments and Paradigms4. Hamas Following the 2006 Palestinian Legislative Election: A Critical Victory As'ad Ghanem5. Before Gaza, After Gaza: Examining the New Reality in Israel/Palestine Sara Roy6. The Legal Trajectory of the Palestinian Refugee Issue: From Exclusion to Ambiguity Susan Akram7. The Debate on Islamism and Secularism: The Case of Palestinian Women's Movements Islah Jad8. Other Worlds to Live In: Palestinian Retrievals of Religion and Tradition under Conditions of Chronic National Collapse Loren LybargerPart III. Trajectories for the Future, Solutions for a State9. Palestine in the American Political Arena: Is a "Reset" Possible? Michael C. Hudson10. Human Rights and the Rule of Law Noura Erakat11. Lessons for Palestine from Northern Ireland: Why George Mitchell Couldn't Turn Jerusalem into Belfast Ali Abunimah12. One State: The Realistic Solution Saree Makdisi