
Countdown to Statehood
Palestinian State Formation in the West Bank and Gaza
Hillel Frisch(Author)
State University of New York Press
Published on 10. July 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
221 pages
978-0-7914-3712-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
"It is a well-researched, highly-detailed study of one of the central problems of Palestinian politics for the past twenty-five years: the relationship between the 'inside' and the 'outside.' As such, it helps promote understanding of often puzzling political behavior on both sides. The comparison with the Israeli experience is both appropriate and illuminating, notwithstanding the contextual differences." - Mark A. Heller, Tel-Aviv UniversityMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7914-3712-4 (9780791437124)
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Person
Hillel Frisch is Lecturer in the Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University, Israel. He has previously published (with Shmuel Sandler) Israel, the Palestinians and the West Bank: A Study in Intercommunal Conflict.
Content
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1. Territorialization and State Formation: The Palestinian Experience in Comparative Perspective>
Chapter 2. The PLO, Territorialization, and Palestinian State Formation
Chapter 3. Territorializing the PLO: The PLO and Mass Mobilization
Chapter 4. Education and State Building
Chapter 5. The Intifada and State Building>
Chapter 6. The Madrid Peace Process and the Challenge of the Inside
Chapter 7. Countdown to Statehood
Conclusion: Palestinian State Building and the Postcolonial State
Notes
teliography
Index
Preface
Chapter 1. Territorialization and State Formation: The Palestinian Experience in Comparative Perspective>
Chapter 2. The PLO, Territorialization, and Palestinian State Formation
Chapter 3. Territorializing the PLO: The PLO and Mass Mobilization
Chapter 4. Education and State Building
Chapter 5. The Intifada and State Building>
Chapter 6. The Madrid Peace Process and the Challenge of the Inside
Chapter 7. Countdown to Statehood
Conclusion: Palestinian State Building and the Postcolonial State
Notes
teliography
Index