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Unfree in Palestine : registration, documentation and movement restriction / Nadia Abu-Zahra and Adah Kay.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Abu-Zahra, Nadia, 1976-
Contributor:
Kay, Adah, 1943-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Identification cards--Law and legislation--Palestine.
Identification cards.
Palestinian Arabs--Palestine--Social conditions.
Palestinian Arabs.
Privacy, Right of--Palestine.
Privacy, Right of.
Race discrimination--Palestine.
Race discrimination.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 222 pages ) illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
London : Pluto Press, 2013.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Based on first-hand accounts and extensive fieldwork, 'Unfree in Palestine' reveals the role played by identity documents in Israel's apartheid policies towards the Palestinians, from the red passes of the 1950's to the orange, green and blue passes of today.
Contents:
Introduction. Freedom and unfreedom in Palestine ; Scantily-documented pass systems ; Overview of the book.
Registration and denationalisation. The census ; The population registry ; Feigning authority ; Denationalisation.
Blacklists. Paper blacklists and executions ; Blacklists as hierarchies of discrimination.
Coercion and collaboration. Withholding rights as coercion ; Trading rights for needs ; Informants and collaborators.
Movement restriction and induced transfer. Entrenching movement restrictions ; Induced transfer ; Enhanced movement for colonists, restricted movement for indigenous Palestinians.
The health system. Collapsing public health structures ; Health system shutdown.
Education. Collapsing education structures ; Education system shutdown.
Conclusion. Review of book ; Looking forward.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-84964-768-2
OCLC:
821217373

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