Countdown to statehood : Palestinian state formation in the West Bank and Gaza / Hillel Frisch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frisch, Hillel.

Series:

SUNY series in Israeli studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah.

Palestinian Arabs--Politics and government.

Palestinian Arabs.

Nationalism--Palestine.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A study of Palestinian state formation in comparison to Zionist experiences.Countdown to Statehood, based on Arabic, English, and Hebrew language sources, analyzes the form that the Palestinian state is likely to take. The book looks at past institution-building patterns in the West Bank and Gaza, the relationship between the PLO and the local Palestinians, and the nature of the conflict with Israel from 1967 through the first year of the Palestinian Authority under Arafat's leadership.A major reference point in this analysis is the Zionist experience of state-building in Israel's own pre-independence era. Not only did the Zionist experience serve as a model of a successful protagonist that Palestinians wished to emulate, but both also began as diaspora-based. These similarities and, even more so, the dissimilarities between these two struggles for national determination allow the reader to assess the potential likenesses and disparities of the future Palestinian state compared to its Israeli counterpart. The concluding chapter analyzes the findings in the broader context of third-world state-building by arguing, contrary to the common wisdom that "war makes the state," that more peaceful routes to statehood lead to better states in the post-independence era.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE

1 Territorialization and State Formation

2 The PLO, Territorialization, and Palestinian State Formation

3 Territorializing the PLO

4 Education and State Building

5 The Intifada and State Building

6 The Madrid Peace Process and the Challenge of the Inside

7 Countdown to Statehood

Conclusion

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index.

ISBN:

9781438403410

1438403410

OCLC:

42855919