Routledge Handbook on Palestine

Auteur

Michael Dumper is Emeritus Professor in Middle East Politics, University of Exeter, United Kingdom. His recent research has been focussed on Jerusalem and on Palestinian refugees. He has acted as a consultant on Middle East politics for the UK and Canadian governments, for Office of the Special Coordinator for the ME Peace Process (UNSCO), the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), the European Commission Task Force on Refugees, as well as a number of think tanks and research centres in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. His publications include Power, Piety and People: The Politics of Holy Cities in the 21st Century (2020) and Jerusalem Unbound: Geography, History and the Future of the Holy City (2014).

Amneh Badran is Assistant Professor and Vice Dean at Al-Quds Bard College, Al-Quds University, Palestine. Her publications include Zionist Israel and Apartheid South Africa: Civil Society and Peace Building in Ethnic-National States (2010) and "Youth Discourse, Objectives and Strategies under Occupation: Palestinian Children's Political Activism in the East Jerusalem Village of Silwan, 2008-5" in Lived Resistance against the War on Palestinian Children (2024).

Résumé
This Handbook provides a broad overview of Palestinian history, society, politics, and culture across different contexts and periods, revealing the rich and varied dimensions of Palestine.

Contenu

Introduction Section One A History of Palestine 1. Byzantine and pre-Islamic Palestine, c. 324 c. 638 CE 2. The Early Arab Islamic Period (634 1099) 3. Palestine in the Ayybd and Mamlk Periods 4. The Sweet Smell of Holy Sewage: Urban Planning and the Remaking of the Public Sphere in Ottoman Palestine 5. Palestine under the British Mandate 6. The 1948 War and the Nakba 7. The 1967 War and the Conquest of Palestine Section Two Society, Geography, Economy and Demography 8. Palestinian Social Structure 9. Christianity in Palestine 10. Islam and Muslims in Palestine 11. Palestinian Islamist Movements: History, Ideology and Politics 12. The Political Economy of Fragmentation: Palestine After 1948 13. Land Use and Urban Planning in Palestine: Over a Century of Ongoing Colonial Legacy 14. Jerusalem Section Three Contemporary Politics 15. Collective Consciousness in Motion: Palestinian Nationalism, Anti-Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation 16. Zionism 17. The Palestinian Liberation Organisation and Non-State Actors 18. The Israeli Dominant Bloc System The Rise of the Right and the Prospects for the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict 19. Palestinian Women's Movements 20. The Palestinian Refugee Issue 21. Lost Light: The Gaza Strip and the End of Viability 22. Reinstating the Significance of Palestine 23. Current Trends and Prospects for a Political Settlement Section Four Palestinian Culture 24. *Form Follows Life*: An Overview of Palestinian Architecture Since the 19th Century 25. Education in Palestine 26. Palestinian Literature and Film 27. Palestinian Music 28. Contemporary Palestinian Art 29. Palestinian Food: Commensality and Cultural Resistance