Violence, nonviolence, and the Palestinian national movement / Wendy Pearlman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearlman, Wendy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence.

History.

Nationalism.

Palestine--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Palestine.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Nationalism--Palestine--History.

Violence--Palestine--History.

Nonviolence.

Physical Description:

xiv, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Summary:

"Why do some national movements use violent protest and others nonviolent protest? Wendy Pearlman shows that much of the answer lies inside movements themselves. Nonviolent protest requires coordination and restraint, which only a cohesive movement can provide. When, by contrast, a movement is fragmented, factional competition generates new incentives for violence and authority structures are too weak to constrain escalation. Pearlman reveals these patterns across one hundred years in the Palestinian national movement, with comparisons to South Africa and Northern Ireland. To those who ask why there is no Palestinian Gandhi, Pearlman demonstrates that nonviolence is not simply a matter of leadership. Nor is violence attributable only to religion, emotions, or stark instrumentality. Instead, a movement's organizational structure mediates the strategies that it employs. By taking readers on a journey from civil disobedience to suicide bombings, this book offers fresh insight into the dynamics of conflict and mobilization"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Organizational Mediation Theory of Protest 1

2 National Struggle under the British Mandate, 1918-1948 27

3 Roots and Rise of the Palestine Liberation Organization, 1949-1987 62

4 Occupation and the First Intifada, 1967-1993 94

5 The Oslo Peace Process, 1993-2000 124

6 The Second Intifada, 2000 150

7 Comparisons: South Africa and Northern Ireland 187

8 Conclusion 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107007024

110700702X

OCLC:

703871447