Public administration in Palestine : past and present / Usamah Shahwan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shahwan, Usamah Salim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--Palestine--History.

Public administration.

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 121 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, [2003]

Summary:

This work offers a critical analysis of the development of public administration in Palestine during the past 150 years.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Ottoman Rule in Palestine (1517-1917) 1

Administrative Divisions 1

Executive, Legislative and Judicial Administration 3

Local Government and Ottoman Administrative Policies Toward the Local Population 7

Chapter 2 Palestine Under the British Mandate (1920-1948) 13

The Military Government and Civil Administration 13

Executive, Legislative and Judicial Administration 16

Local Government and the British Administrative Policies Towards the Local Population 19

Chapter 3 Jordanian Administration in the West Bank (1950-1967) 23

The Process of Integrating the West Bank into the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 23

Executive, Legislative and Judicial Administration 26

Local Government: Municipalities and Village Councils 31

Jordanian Administrative Policies in the West Bank 35

Chapter 4 Egyptian Administration in the Gaza Strip (1948-1967) 39

The Egyptian Military Government in the Gaza Strip 39

Local Government and the Refugee Problem 41

Chapter 5 The West Bank and Gaza Under Israeli Military Occupation (1967-1994) 45

Structural Changes and the Annexation of East Jerusalem 45

The Military Orders and Their Impact on Public Administration 49

Local Government and Grass-Root Organizations 51

Municipal and Village Councils 51

Grass-Root Organizations: Objectives and Impact 53

An Assessment of Public Administration in Palestine under Israeli Occupation 54

The Civil Administration 54

Municipal and Village Councils 55

Lack of Judicial Review 57

Chapter 6 Public Administration under The Palestinian National Authority 61

The Legal Framework: The Oslo Accords of 1993 64

The Legislative Council 65

The Executive Authority 67

The Civil Service 68

Human Resource Management 72

Fiscal Management 74

Local Government 76

Financing Local Councils 78

The Judiciary 79

The Socio-Cultural Context of Palestinian Public Administration 81

Chapter 7 Issues in Palestinian Public Administration and the Thorny Road Toward Reform 87

Political Appointees 87

Women in Leadership Positions 89

Limited Sovereignty 91

The Role of Non-Government Organizations 92

The Thorny Road Toward Reform 94.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761826882

OCLC:

54366423