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Decolonizing Palestinian Political Economy

De-development and Beyond

  • Mandy Turner
  • Omar Shweiki
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Part of the Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies book series (RCS)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction: Decolonizing the Study of the Political Economy of the Palestinian People

    1. Introduction: Decolonizing the Study of the Political Economy of the Palestinian People
      Mandy Turner, Omar Shweiki
      Pages 1-9

  3. De-development Explored

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 11-11
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    2. The Economic Strategies of Occupation: Confining Development and Buying-off Peace
      Sahar Taghdisi-Rad
      Pages 13-31
    3. The Political Economy of Western Aid in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Since 1993
      Mandy Turner
      Pages 32-52
    4. Hydro-Apartheid and Water Access in Israel-Palestine: Challenging the Myths of Cooperation and Scarcity
      Clemens Messerschmid
      Pages 53-76
    5. (En)gendering De-development in East Jerusalem: Thinking Through the ‘Everyday’
      Nadera Shalhoub-Kerkovian, Rachel Busbridge
      Pages 77-94

  4. De-development Applied

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 95-95
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    2. Palestinian Refugees: From ‘Spoilers’ to Agents of Development
      Ingrid Jaradat Gassner
      Pages 97-114
    3. Impeded Development: The Political Economy of the Palestinian Arabs inside Israel
      Mtanes Shehadeh, Raja Khalidi
      Pages 115-137
    4. State-Directed ‘Development’ as a Tool for Dispossessing the Indigenous Palestinian Bedouin-Arabs in the Naqab
      Ismael Abu-Saad
      Pages 138-157
    5. Planning the Divide: Israel’s 2020 Master Plan and its impact on East Jerusalem
      Rami Nasrallah
      Pages 158-175

  5. De-development Resisted

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 177-177
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    2. Neoliberalism and the Contradictions of the Palestinian Authority’s State-building Programme
      Raja Khalidi, Sobhi Samour
      Pages 179-199
    3. The Role of the Tunnel Economy in Redeveloping Gaza
      Nicolas Pelham
      Pages 200-219
    4. Before and Beyond Neoliberalism: The Political Economy of National Liberation, the PLO and ‘amal ijtima’i
      Omar Shweiki
      Pages 220-237
    5. Learning the Lessons of Oslo: State-building and Freedoms in Palestine
      Mushtaq H. Khan
      Pages 238-256
  6. Back Matter
    Pages 257-262
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About this book

Introduction

The volume brings together cutting-edge political economy analyses of the Palestinian people: those living in the occupied territory of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, those living within Israel, and refugees in Arab states. It is a must-read for those who wish to understand the historical origins and contemporary realities that face Palestinians.

Keywords

cooperation development economy gender Israel learning liberty myths neoliberalism Palestine Liberation Organization planning political economy state water

Editors and affiliations

  • Mandy Turner
    • 1
  • Omar Shweiki
    • 2
  1. 1.Kenyon Institute (Council for British Research in the Levant)East JerusalemIsrael
  2. 2.University of OxfordUK

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