Building A Palestinian State

Author : Glenn E. Robinson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253210828

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Building a Palestinian State by Glenn E. Robinson Pdf

"... an analysis that is as intricate and flawless as it is devastating... Robinson's] presentation is powerful and compelling and his scholarship impeccable." --MESA Bulletin "... an] excellent book. In just 200 pages, Glenn Robinson manages to give the clearest and most concise analysis of the changing political and social structure of the West Bank and Gaza and of current political realities that I have read." --Digest of Middle Eastern Studies "... a fair and sensitive account and contains the best available assessment of the Intifada's political aftermath among Palestinians. An added bonus is that the book is written in an accessible style with enough historical background and contextual explanation to make it ideal as a text for courses in Middle East politics or the politics of revolutions." --American Political Science Review "Well-researched, original, scholarly; deserves the attention of those interested in revolutionary theory or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." --Choice "Throughout, the book is impressively researched and very well-written.... Building a Palestinian State is a book that deserves to be widely read." --Journal of Palestine Studies "... a well-informed and tightly argued analysis of the evolution of politcal leadership in the West Bank and Gaza from the 1980s to the spring of 1996. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the historical backdrop to current political developments in the areas under the control of the Palestinian Authority." --Middle East Policy "... carefully researched and balanced study..." --Times Literary Supplement "... provides a unique analysis of the various facets of grassroots organizations and their interaction with the emerging state institutions... a major and very timely contribution." --Anne Lesch In this well informed and accessibly written book, Glenn E. Robinson traces the emergence of a new political elite in the West Bank and Gaza in the 1980s and the grassroots political and social revolution it launched during the Intifada.

Author : David Gompert,Kenneth Shine,Glenn Robinson,C. Richard Neu,Jerrold Green
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001-04-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780833040503

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Building a Successful Palestinian State by David Gompert,Kenneth Shine,Glenn Robinson,C. Richard Neu,Jerrold Green Pdf

An examination of how an independent Palestinian state, if created, can be made successful. The authors describe options for strengthening governance, security, economic development, access to water, health and health care, and education, and estimate the financial resources needed for successful development over the first decade of independence.

Author : Robert E. Hunter,Seth G. Jones
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780833040497

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Building a Successful Palestinian State by Robert E. Hunter,Seth G. Jones Pdf

Throughout the history of Arab-Israeli peace negotiations, security has been the most important-and most challenging-issue for Palestinians, Israelis, and their neighbors. This study examines key external security issues regarding the construction of a Palestinian state. Its proposals include a NATO-led international peace-enabling force and Israeli-Palestinian confidence-building measures.

Author : Jerome M. Segal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : UCAL:B4505516

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Creating the Palestinian State by Jerome M. Segal Pdf

Author : Hillel Frisch
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438403410

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Countdown to Statehood by Hillel Frisch Pdf

Countdown to Statehood, based on Arabic, English, and Hebrew language sources, analyzes the form that the Palestinian state is likely to take. The book looks at past institution-building patterns in the West Bank and Gaza, the relationship between the PLO and the local Palestinians, and the nature of the conflict with Israel from 1967 through the first year of the Palestinian Authority under Arafat's leadership. A major reference point in this analysis is the Zionist experience of state-building in Israel's own pre-independence era. Not only did the Zionist experience serve as a model of a successful protagonist that Palestinians wished to emulate, but both also began as diaspora-based. These similarities and, even more so, the dissimilarities between these two struggles for national determination allow the reader to assess the potential likenesses and disparities of the future Palestinian state compared to its Israeli counterpart. The concluding chapter analyzes the findings in the broader context of third-world state-building by arguing, contrary to the common wisdom that "war makes the state," that more peaceful routes to statehood lead to better states in the post-independence era.

Author : Doug Suisman,Steven Simon,Glenn Robinson,C. Ross Anthony,Michael Schoenbaum
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780833040756

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The Arc by Doug Suisman,Steven Simon,Glenn Robinson,C. Ross Anthony,Michael Schoenbaum Pdf

An examination of options for strengthening the housing and transportation infrastructure of a potential future independent Palestinian state in the context of a large and rapidly growing Palestinian population. The book includes initial cost estimates for improving and expanding infrastructure to facilitate successful development.

Author : Emile A. Nakhleh
Publisher : Studies in Foreign Policy
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015004077189

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The West Bank and Gaza by Emile A. Nakhleh Pdf

Author : Nubar Hovsepian
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443808828

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Palestinian State Formation by Nubar Hovsepian Pdf

This book examines the role of education in building a new Palestinian state, and especially on the role and function of the education system in the process of state formation. Since education frames a people’s identity, the nature of the education system affects how Palestinians relate to their state. Through education the Palestinian Authority (PA) transforms the parameters of identity to serve the requirements of state-building and the peace process. International assistance to the PA affects all of these processes through the disbursal of political rent, whose primary function is to bolster the PA and to keep the peace process going. The new Palestinian Authority has assumed two seemingly contradictory functions: state building and resistance, and the dynamic tensions between the two raise key questions for political and policy analysis. Are these functions mutually exclusive or complementary in the context of the ongoing peace negotiations, and state-building? Can the Palestinian leadership transform the Palestinian national movement from a revolutionary organization to a pragmatic state apparatus? Are the PLO and the PA interchangeable? What type of power does the PA need to cultivate the support, or to secure the compliance, of the Palestinian people for the state-building project? Clearly, the answers to these questions have a direct bearing on the education system. Will this system promote a resistance identity or a state-building legitimizing identity

Author : Dimitris Bouris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317915294

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The European Union and Occupied Palestinian Territories by Dimitris Bouris Pdf

This book analyses the present European Union (EU) approach to state-building, both in policy and operation. It offers a review of the literature on peace-building, EU state-building and conflict resolution, before examining in detail the EU’s role as a state-builder in the case of the Occupied Palestinian Territories following the 1993 Oslo Accords. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and over 140 interviews carried out in Brussels, London, Jerusalem and Ramallah with EU, Palestinian and Israeli officials as well as academics, members of NGOs and civil society, the author evaluates the present approach of state-building and offers a framework to test the effectiveness of the EU as a state-builder. Examining security sector reform, judiciary sector reform and the rule of law, the book brings the ‘voices from the field’ to the forefront and measures the contribution of the EU to state-building against a backdrop of on-going conflict and a polarised social setting. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, EU politics, Middle Eastern politics, conflict resolution and state-building.

Author : Elias H. Tuma,Haim Darin-Drabkin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317598565

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The Economic Case for Palestine (RLE Economy of Middle East) by Elias H. Tuma,Haim Darin-Drabkin Pdf

Much has been written about the Arab–Israeli conflict, the prospects for peace or war and the eventual establishment of a Palestinian state, side by side with the state of Israel. The emphasis, however, has been on the political processes of such eventualities. The objectives of this book complement these previous efforts, the central concern being with the economic aspects of these various solutions. In particular, it is concerned with the economic feasibility of a state of Palestine. What minimum conditions must be met for it to survive and prosper? What size population can it support, what boundaries should it have and what period of time must elapse before the full potential and viability of such a state can be realized? The book is set in the context of the general theory of the economic feasibility of small nation states and the economic analysis is illustrated by comparison and contrast between countries from various regions and periods. The authors look in turn at appropriate boundaries for a Palestinian state, the people and land that will constitute it, the potential of the economy in terms of income, employment and investment, and also the Palestinian state within the regional context and the implications of making the Palestinian economy a part of the larger region of the Middle East. A final chapter summarizes the findings and notes the areas which require deeper study to appreciate the economic viability of the Palestinian state.

Author : Leila H. Farsakh
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520385634

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Rethinking Statehood in Palestine by Leila H. Farsakh Pdf

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The quest for an inclusive and independent state has been at the center of the Palestinian national struggle for a very long time. This book critically explores the meaning of Palestinian statehood and the challenges that face alternative models to it. Giving prominence to a young set of diverse Palestinian scholars, this groundbreaking book shows how notions of citizenship, sovereignty, and nationhood are being rethought within the broader context of decolonization. Bringing forth critical and multifaceted engagements with what modern Palestinian self-determination entails, Rethinking Statehood sets the terms of debate for the future of Palestine beyond partition.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : OCLC:729247923

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The Arc by Anonim Pdf

An exploration of options for strengthening the physical infrastructure for a new Palestinian state, this study builds on analyses that RAND conducted between 2002 and 2004 to identify the requirements for a successful Palestinian state. That work, Building a Successful Palestinian State, surveyed a broad array of political, economic, social, resource, and environmental challenges that a new Palestinian state would face. This study, The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State, examined a range of approaches to siting and constructing the backbone of infrastructure that all states need, in the context of a large and rapidly growing Palestinian population. The research team develop a detailed vision for a modern, high-speed transportation infrastructure, referred to as the Arc. This transportation backbone accommodates substantial population growth in Palestine by linking current urban centers to new neighborhoods via new linear transportation arteries that support both commercial and residential development. The Arc avoids the environmental costs and economic inefficiencies of unplanned, unregulated urban development that might otherwise accompany Palestine's rapid population growth. Constructing the key elements of the Arc will require very substantial investment of economic resources. It will also employ substantial numbers of Palestinian construction workers. It seems plausible that key aspects of the Arc design can be pursued, with great benefit, even before an independent Palestinian state is established.

Author : Jim Zanotti
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781437929003

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Israel and the Palestinians by Jim Zanotti Pdf

Contents: (1) The Two-State Debate in Context; (2) Recent Developments: Obama¿s Cairo Speech and Subsequent Diplomacy; Netanyahu¿s Speech and the PLO Reaction; Fayyad¿s Plan ¿ A De Facto Palestinian State; Hamas¿s Political Positioning; Evaluating Previous Negotiations: Signs of Progress or of Setbacks?; (3) Going Forward; (4) Changes Since Oslo: Middle East Geopolitics; Violence and Palestinian Factionalism; The Rise of Hamas and Divided Palestinian Rule; (5) Different Pathways to a Two-State Solution; Palestinian Statehood Before a Final-Status Agreement?: De Facto State; Main Unanswered Question: Jerusalem; (6) Alternatives to a Two-State Solution; (7) U.S. Policy: Debate Over the U.S. Approach.

Author : Raphael Israeli
Publisher : Gefen Publishing House Ltd
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : 9652293032

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Dangers of a Palestinian State by Raphael Israeli Pdf

This vital question is explored in a collection of essays by Israel's leading political analysts. Demonstrating a variety of opinions and options, these renowned scholars cover a range of issues, including the Palestinian media, inter-Arab relations, and the consequences of the Oslo peace process. This volume includes two sections: the first section comprises analyses of the dangers of a Palestinian state, and the second section presents alternatives to achieve a viable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A selection of essays by Israel's most renowned authorities on the crisis, this important book is both timely and thought-provoking, providing an in-depth analysis of Middle Eastern affairs in a broad historical, cultural and political contex.

Author : Gianmarco Biasone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : Gaza Strip
ISBN : 3845420812

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Hamas by Gianmarco Biasone Pdf