Palestine and Rule of Power: Local Dissent vs. International Governance (Middle East Today)

This book explores how the rule of power relates to the case of occupied Palestine, examining features of local dissent and international governance. The project considers expressions of the rule of power in two particular ways: settler colonialism and neoliberalism. As power is always accompanied by resistance, the authors engage with and explores forms of everyday resistance to the logics and regimes of neoliberal governance and settler colonialism. They investigate wide-ranging issues and dynamics related to international governance, liberal peacebuilding, statebuilding, and development, the claim to politics, and the notion and practice of resistance. This work will be of interest for academics focusing on modern Middle Eastern politics, international relations, as well as for courses on contemporary conflicts, peacebuilding, and development.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xxix The Rule of Power in Palestine: Settler Colonialism, Neoliberal Governance, and Resistance (Timothy Seidel, Alaa Tartir)....Pages 1-19 Front Matter ....Pages 21-21 The Settler Colonial Present: Palestinian State-Building Under Apartheid (Ben White)....Pages 23-45 Sovereign Bodies, Sovereign States: Settler Colonial Violence and the Visibility of Resistance in Palestine (Timothy Seidel)....Pages 47-70 Active and Transformative Sumud Among Palestinian Activists in Israel (Nijmeh Ali)....Pages 71-103 Who Protests in Palestine? Mobilization Across Class Under the Palestinian Authority (Dana El Kurd)....Pages 105-128 Front Matter ....Pages 129-129 More Important Than Other Conflicts: The Uniqueness of the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict in EC/EU Discourse (Anders Persson)....Pages 131-152 Neoliberalism as Aid for the Settler Colonization of the Occupied Palestinian Territories After Oslo (Jeremy Wildeman)....Pages 153-174 Solidarity Donors and Popular Education in the West Bank (Melanie Meinzer)....Pages 175-202 Front Matter ....Pages 203-203 Criminalizing Resistance: Security Sector Reform and Palestinian Authoritarianism (Alaa Tartir)....Pages 205-226 Securitizing Peace: The EU’s Aiding and Abetting Authoritarianism (Alaa Tartir)....Pages 227-247 Back Matter ....Pages 249-252