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Ethnocracy

Author : Oren Yiftachel
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 081223927X
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Ethnocracy written by Oren Yiftachel and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Oren Yiftachel, the notion of ethnocracy suggests a political regime that facilitates expansion and control by a dominant ethnicity in contested lands. It is neither democratic nor authoritarian, with rights and capabilities depending primarily on ethnic origin and geographic location. In Ethnocracy: Land and Identity Politics in Israel/Palestine, he presents a new critical theory and comparative framework to account for the political geography of ethnocratic societies. According to Yiftachel, the primary manifestation of ethnocracy in Israel/Palestine has been a concerted strategy by the state of "Judaization." Yiftachel's book argues that ethnic relations—both between Jews and Palestinians, and among ethno-classes within each nation—have been shaped by the diverse aspects of the Judaization project and by resistance to that dynamic. Special place is devoted to the analysis of ethnically mixed cities and to the impact of Jewish immigration and settlement on collective identities. Tracing the dynamics of territorial and ethnic conflicts between Jews and Palestinians, Yiftachel examines the consequences of settlement, land, development, and planning policies. He assesses Israel's recent partial liberalization and the emergence of what he deems a "creeping apartheid" whereby increasingly impregnable ethnic, geographic, and economic barriers develop between groups vying for recognition, power, and resources. The book ends with an exploration of future scenarios, including the introduction of new agendas, such as binationalism and multiculturalism.

The Middle East in Transition

Author : Nils A. Butenschøn
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788111133
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book The Middle East in Transition written by Nils A. Butenschøn and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The violent transitions that have dominated developments since the Arab Uprisings demonstrate deep-seated divisions in the conceptions of state authority and citizen rights and responsibilities. Analysing the Middle East through the lens of the ‘citizenship approach’, this book argues that the current diversity of crisis in the region can be ascribed primarily to the crisis in the relations between state and citizen. The volume includes theoretical discussions and case studies, and covers both Arab and non-Arab countries.

War and Genocide in South Sudan

Author : Clémence Pinaud
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501753029
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book War and Genocide in South Sudan written by Clémence Pinaud and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using more than a decade's worth of fieldwork in South Sudan, Clémence Pinaud here explores the relationship between predatory wealth accumulation, state formation, and a form of racism—extreme ethnic group entitlement—that has the potential to result in genocide. War and Genocide in South Sudan traces the rise of a predatory state during civil war in southern Sudan and its transformation into a violent Dinka ethnocracy after the region's formal independence. That new state, Pinaud argues, waged genocide against non-Dinka civilians in 2013-2017. During a civil war that wrecked the region between 1983 and 2005, the predominantly Dinka Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) practiced ethnically exclusive and predatory wealth accumulation. Its actions fostered extreme group entitlement and profoundly shaped the rebel state. Ethnic group entitlement eventually grew into an ideology of ethnic supremacy. After that war ended, the semi-autonomous state turned into a violent and predatory ethnocracy—a process accelerated by independence in 2011. The rise of exclusionary nationalism, a new security landscape, and inter-ethnic political competition contributed to the start of a new round of civil war in 2013, in which the recently founded state unleashed violence against nearly all non-Dinka ethnic groups. Pinaud investigates three campaigns waged by the South Sudan government in 2013–2017 and concludes they were genocidal—they sought to destroy non-Dinka target groups. She demonstrates how the perpetrators' sense of group entitlement culminated in land-grabs that amounted to a genocidal conquest echoing the imperialist origins of modern genocides. Thanks to generous funding from TOME, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.

Pretending Democracy

Author : Jeenah, Na'eem
Publisher : Afro-Middle East Centre
ISBN 13 : 0620540427
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Pretending Democracy written by Jeenah, Na'eem and published by Afro-Middle East Centre. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful collection from an international mix of respected academics, newer voices and political activists explores the place of Israel as a Jewish state in today’s modern world – a world in which identities, citizenship and human rights are deﬁned in increasingly cosmopolitan and inclusive ways. Offering compelling and comprehensive arguments as to why Israel falls into the category of an ethnocentric state, the contributions to this volume explore four central themes. They reveal the reality behind Israel’s founding myths. They document the experiences of some of those who have fallen victim to this ethnic state. Then, they draw comparisons with other ethnic states, notably South Africa, and finally, they point towards the radical hope of achieving a single nation, united, peaceful and just. Unpacking both Jewish and Palestinian nationalism, the nation-state, and ethnic nationalism, this fascinating collection offers new insights into one of the world’s most intractable conflicts. It will appeal not only to scholars and teachers, but to anyone interested in the history, politics, anthropology and legal standing of Palestine-Israel. Contributors: Ali Abunimah, Neville Alexander, Max du Plessis, Steven Friedman, Daryl Glaser, Ran Greenstein, Heidi Grunebaum, Adam Habib, Na’eem Jeenah, Ronnie Kasrils, Smadar Lavie, Fouad Moughrabi, Nadim N Rouhana, Shlomo Sand, Avi Shlaim, Azzam Tamimi, Salim Vally, Oren Yiftachel, Andre Zaaiman

Politics, Power and the Struggle for Democracy in South-East Europe

Author : Karen Dawisha
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521597333
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (973 download)

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Download or read book Politics, Power and the Struggle for Democracy in South-East Europe written by Karen Dawisha and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-13 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by two of the world's leading analysts of post communist politics, this book brings together distinguished specialists on Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia/Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, and Romania. The authors analyse the challenge of building democracy in the countries of the former Yugoslavia riven by conflict, and in neighboring states. They focus on oppositional activity, political cultures that often favour strong presidentialism, the role of nationalism, and basic socioeconomic trends. Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott provide theoretical and comparative chapters on post communist political development across the region. This book will provide students and scholars with detailed analysis by leading authorities, plus the latest research data on recent political and economic developments in each country.

The Path to Genocide in Rwanda

Author : Omar Shahabudin McDoom
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108491464
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Path to Genocide in Rwanda written by Omar Shahabudin McDoom and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses unique field data to offer a rigorous explanation of how Rwanda's genocide occurred and why Rwandans participated in it.

The Invention of the Jewish People

Author : Shlomo Sand
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1788736613
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book The Invention of the Jewish People written by Shlomo Sand and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a new account of both that demands to be read and reckoned with. Was there really a forced exile in the first century, at the hands of the Romans? Should we regard the Jewish people, throughout two millennia, as both a distinct ethnic group and a putative nation—returned at last to its Biblical homeland? Shlomo Sand argues that most Jews actually descend from converts, whose native lands were scattered far across the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The formation of a Jewish people and then a Jewish nation out of these disparate groups could only take place under the sway of a new historiography, developing in response to the rise of nationalism throughout Europe. Beneath the biblical back fill of the nineteenth-century historians, and the twentieth-century intellectuals who replaced rabbis as the architects of Jewish identity, The Invention of the Jewish People uncovers a new narrative of Israel’s formation, and proposes a bold analysis of nationalism that accounts for the old myths. After a long stay on Israel’s bestseller list, and winning the coveted Aujourd’hui Award in France, The Invention of the Jewish People is finally available in English. The central importance of the conflict in the Middle East ensures that Sand’s arguments will reverberate well beyond the historians and politicians that he takes to task. Without an adequate understanding of Israel’s past, capable of superseding today’s opposing views, diplomatic solutions are likely to remain elusive. In this iconoclastic work of history, Shlomo Sand provides the intellectual foundations for a new vision of Israel’s future.

Remaking Citizenship in Hong Kong

Author : Agnes S. Ku
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134321139
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Remaking Citizenship in Hong Kong written by Agnes S. Ku and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed comparative account of the development of citizenship and civil society in Hong Kong from its time as a British colony to its current status as a special autonomous region of China.

Revolution as Development

Author : Jack Fong
Publisher : BrownWalker Press
ISBN 13 : 1599429942
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Revolution as Development written by Jack Fong and published by BrownWalker Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Karen Revolution for self-determination has the distinction of being one of the world's longest-running struggles for freedom, having begun in 1949 and continuing to this very moment. This sociological work makes visible how ethnopolitical, petropolitical, geopolitical, and ecosystemic issues affect the political economy of a people experiencing ethnic cleansing. From the inception of its self-determination struggle in 1949, readers will be taken on a historical journey with the Karen, finally "arriving" in the 21st century. Along the way, the author exposes readers to the anatomy of how Karen revolutionary dynamics attempt to shield the Karen people against internal colonization committed by the various military regimes of Burma, and how these complex dynamics engaged by Karen revolutionaries-in a novel reformulation and reading that transcends oversimplified economisitic indicators of progress-constitute development. A study of revolution that moves beyond the simplicity of a clashing dualism exemplified by Aung San Suu Kyi pitted against the military regime, this text is for readers desiring to examine how other significant players such as the Karen, a proud people living in systemic crisis, construct nation and aspire toward democracy in the labyrinthine ethnopolitical terrain of Burma.

Liberal Peace In Question

Author : Kristian Stokke
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 0857286498
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Liberal Peace In Question written by Kristian Stokke and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book uses Sri Lanka’s failed attempt at negotiating peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, to examine the politics of state and market reforms towards liberal peace. Sri Lanka is seen as a critical case that demonstrates key characteristics and shortcomings of liberal peace, vividly demonstrated by internationally facilitated elite negotiations and donor-funded neoliberal development.

Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict

Author : Andreas Wimmer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521011853
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict written by Andreas Wimmer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-06 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andreas Wimmer argues that nationalist and ethnic politics have shaped modern societies to a far greater extent than has been acknowledged by social scientists. The modern state governs in the name of a people defined in ethnic and national terms. Democratic participation, equality before the law and protection from arbitrary violence were offered only to the ethnic group in a privileged relationship with the emerging nation-state. Depending on circumstances, the dynamics of exclusion took on different forms. Where nation building was successful , immigrants and ethnic minorities are excluded from full participation; they risk being targets of xenophobia and racism. In weaker states, political closure proceeded along ethnic, rather than national lines and leads to corresponding forms of conflict and violence. In chapters on Mexico, Iraq and Switzerland, Wimmer provides extended case studies that support and contextualise this argument.

Contested Holy Cities

Author : Michael Dumper
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429673841
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Contested Holy Cities written by Michael Dumper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining contestation and conflict management within holy cities, this book provides both an overview and a range of options available to those concerned with this increasingly urgent phenomenon. In cities in India, the Balkans and the Mediterranean, we can see examples where religion plays a dominant role in urban development and thus provides a platform for conflict. Powerful religious hierarchies, the generation of often unregulated revenues from donations and endowments, the presence of holy sites and the enactment of ritualistic activities in public spaces combine to create forms of conflicts which are, arguably, more intense and more intractable than other forms of conflicts in cities. The book develops a working definition of the urban dimension of religious conflicts so that the kinds of conflicts exhibited can be contextualised and studied in a more targeted manner. It draws together a series of case studies focusing on specific cities, the kinds of religious conflicts occurring in them and the international structures and mechanisms that have emerged to address such conflicts. Combining expertise from both academics and practitioners in the policy and military world, this interdisciplinary collection will be of particular relevance to scholars and students researching politics and religion, regional studies, geography and urban studies. It should also prove useful to policymakers in the military and other international organisations.

Locating Urban Conflicts

Author : W. Pullan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137316888
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Locating Urban Conflicts written by W. Pullan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-07-29 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities have emerged as the epicentres for many of today's ethno-national and religious conflicts. This book brings together key themes that dominate our current attention including emerging areas of contestation in rapidly changing and modernising cities and the effects of extreme and/or enduring conflicts upon ordinary civilian life.

Monarchies and Nations

Author : Paul Dresch
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857714856
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Monarchies and Nations written by Paul Dresch and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2005-05-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite their small populations, the Arab states of the Gulf exercise an enormous and global influence. But all-too-often, these states are treated as if their only importance were as pawns in a global strategic board game and are simply dealt with as mere models of the intersection of oil, wealth and power. Here, Dresch and Piscatori bring together a more nuanced picture: exploring how the citizen populations of these states define themselves in a wider context. The Gulf provides extreme examples of the nexus of identities, not only because these polities are so dependent on transnational flows of wealth and imagery, but because at home the citizen workforce is often outnumbered by migrant labour. Examining the issues such as Gulf-owned transnational media, the role of women in the Kuwaiti state and the way Saudi Arabia manages the yearly influx of pilgrims for the Hajj, Monarchies and Nations is essential reading for all those interested in the society, politics and the future security of the Gulf.

Toward a Fuller Human Identity

Author : Pius Ojara
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039109579
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Toward a Fuller Human Identity written by Pius Ojara and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2006 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on the thought of Gabriel Marcel and offers an introduction to the central categories of Marcel's thought, focusing on his idea of existential humanism. This study deals with the ambivalence of human existence and the concepts of being, ego and bodiliness. The author draws on examples from everyday life with a particular focus on African values and the recovery of the black self.

Israel's Regime Untangled

Author : Gal Ariely
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108960421
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Israel's Regime Untangled written by Gal Ariely and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forging an innovative path to untangling the conflicting interpretations of the Israeli regime, this book examines at the diverse aspects of the regime to determine the level of 'democraticness' exhibited in order to come to its conclusion.

Zionist Israel and the Question of Palestine

Author : Tamar Amar-Dahl
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110495643
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Zionist Israel and the Question of Palestine written by Tamar Amar-Dahl and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After half a century of occupation and tremendous costs of the conflict, Israel is still struggling with the idea of a Palestinian state in what is often perceived as the Biblical Eretz Israel. Mapping Zionism, enemy images, peace and war policies, as well as democracy within the Jewish State, the present study offers original insights into Israel’s role in this conflict. By analyzing Israeli history, politics and security-oriented political culture as it has been evolving from 1948 on, this book reveals the ideological and political structures of a Zionist-oriented state and society. In doing so, it uncovers the abyss between the Zionist vision of Eretz Israel on the one hand and the aspiration to achieve normalization, peace and security on the other. In view of this conflict-laden bi-national reality, the Palestinian question is identified as the Achilles‘ heel of Jewish statehood in the Land of Israel. Thus, Zionist Israel and the Question of Palestine provides a fresh, innovative, critical and yet accessible perspective on one of the most controversial issues in contemporary history.