Palestinian society and politics / Joel S. Migdal [and others]

Migdal, Joel S.

1980, 1st edition. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Item #385064
ISBN: 0691021937

Physical description; 290 pp.: illustrations. Contents; Book I : The effects of regime policies on social cohesion and fragmentation / Joel S. Migdal -- Book II : Studies in continuity and change under four regimes -- Part one : The Palestinian village -- The office and functions of the village Mukhtar / Gabriel Baer -- Administrative policy in rural Palestine : the impact of British norms on Arab community life, 1920-1948 / Ylana N. Miller -- West Bank refugees -- between camp and society / Shimon Shamir -- Part two : Palestinian urban elites -- Conflictual pressures and cooperative interests : observations on West Bank-Amman political relations, 1949-1967 / Shaul Mishal -- Politics and social change in the West Bank since 1967 / Mark Heller -- The dialetics of Palestinian politics / Donna Robinson Divine -- Part three : Modes of interaction between elites and masses -- Legal protection and circumvention of rights for cultivators in mandatory Palestine / Kenneth W. Stein -- Peasants into workmen : internal labor migration and the Arab village community under the Mandate / Rachelle Taqqu. Subjects; Palestinian Arabs. Elite (Social sciences) Palestine. Regional Studies. Politics and government. Social conditions.

Price: €18.95