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Examines the internal dynamics of the Palestinian political elite and their impact on the struggle to establish a Palestinian state. This book argues that the Fatah leadership has attempted to mobilize social forces, local secular-nationalist and Islamist movements, while undermining their ability to develop independent power structures.

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. . . a contribution to the study of the Palestinian movement's structure and internal issues, including the power struggles within it.Vol. 39 2007

-- Barry Rubin * Global Research in International Affairs Center, Israel *

Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Structural and Historical Context
2. From Dissension to Coordination: The PLO Leadership and the National Elite in the Occupied Territories
3. Mobilization under Control: The Political Economy of Steadfastness
4. Engineering Compliance: New Modes of Political Entrepreneurship and the Co-optation of Contenders
5. Seizing Structural Opportunities: The Islamist Elite and the Framing of Authenticity Discourse
6. The Politics of Symbolic Capital and the Institutionalization of Neopatrimonial Power
7. The Second Intifada and Its Impact on Elite Structures
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

The Palestinian National Movement

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      Publisher Indiana University Press
      Published 8 June 2005
      ISBN-13 9780253217738
      978-0253217738
      ISBN-10 0253217733
      Also in:
      International relations

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the internal dynamics of the Palestinian political elite and their impact on the struggle to establish a Palestinian state. This book argues that the Fatah leadership has attempted to mobilize social forces, local secular-nationalist and Islamist movements, while undermining their ability to develop independent power structures.

      Trade Review

      . . . a contribution to the study of the Palestinian movement's structure and internal issues, including the power struggles within it.Vol. 39 2007

      -- Barry Rubin * Global Research in International Affairs Center, Israel *

      Table of Contents

      Contents
      Preface
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      1. The Structural and Historical Context
      2. From Dissension to Coordination: The PLO Leadership and the National Elite in the Occupied Territories
      3. Mobilization under Control: The Political Economy of Steadfastness
      4. Engineering Compliance: New Modes of Political Entrepreneurship and the Co-optation of Contenders
      5. Seizing Structural Opportunities: The Islamist Elite and the Framing of Authenticity Discourse
      6. The Politics of Symbolic Capital and the Institutionalization of Neopatrimonial Power
      7. The Second Intifada and Its Impact on Elite Structures
      Conclusion
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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