Political Economy of Palestine

This book explores the political economy of Palestine through critical, interdisciplinary, and decolonial perspectives, underscoring that an approach to economics that does not consider the politicala de-politicized economicsis inadequate to understanding the situation in occupied Palestine. A critical interdisciplinary approach to political economy challenges prevailing neoliberal logics and structures that reproduce racial capitalism, and explores how the political economy of occupied Palestine is shaped by processes of accumulation by exploitation and dispossession from both Israel and global business, as well as from Palestinian elites. A decolonial approach to Palestinian political economy foregrounds struggles against neoliberal and settler colonial policies and institutions, and aids in the de-fragmentation of Palestinian life, land, and political economy that the Oslo Accords perpetuated, but whose histories of de-development over all of Palestine can be traced back for over a century. The chapters in this book offer an in-depth contextualization of the Palestinian political economy, analyze the political economy of integration, fragmentation, and inequality, and explore and problematize multiple sectors and themes of political economy in the absence of sovereignty.

Auteur

Alaa Tartir is Researcher at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Switzerland, Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo, and Policy and Program Adviser to Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network. Tariq Dana is Assistant Professor at the Conflict and Humanitarian Studies program at the Doha Institute of Graduate Studies, Qatar, and Policy Adviser at Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network.

Timothy Seidel is Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences and the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University, USA.

Résumé

"The volume Political Economy of Palestine is not only a comprehensive account offering diverse analytical perspectives, but also a starting point for further thinking about how a 'political economy of resistance' leading to a Palestinian society free from occupation and exploitation could practically look like." (René Wildangel, The International Spectator, Vol. 58 (2), 2023)

"This collection is a valuable contribution to the scholarly literature on Palestinian political economy and the complex characteristics and consequences of interminable occupation." (Rex Brynen, The Middle East Journal, Vol. 76 (1), 2022)

"This edited volume is a comprehensive catalogue of development and politics of contemporary Palestine. The 14 chapters, written by well-established as well as young scholars of various disciplines ... . The book covers a wide range of subjects with empirically rich in-depth analysis ... . The book extensively documents, contextualizes, and analyses Palestinian politics and development ... . It challenges existing simplifications and misconceptions. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in Palestine, Israel, politics, and development." (Kjersti G Berg, Journal of Peace Research, September 20, 2021)

Contenu

Chapter 1: Palestinian Political Economy: Enduring Struggle against Settler Colonialism, Racial Capitalism, and Neoliberalism.- Part I: Contextualizing Palestinian Political Economy.- Chapter 2: Dominate and Pacify: Contextualizing the Political Economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territories since 1967.- Chapter 3: The Political Economy of Dependency and Class Formation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories since 1967.- Chapter 4: Settler Colonialism and Land-Based Struggle in Palestine: Towards a Decolonial Political Economy.- Part II: Political Economy of Integration, Fragmentation, and Inequality.- Chapter 5: The West Bank-Israel Economic Integration: Palestinian Interaction with the Israeli Border and Permit Regimes.- Chapter 6: The Political Economy of the Gaza Strip under Hamas.- Chapter 7: Palestinians in Israel: Neoliberal Contestations and Class Formation.- Chapter 8: Towards a Political Economy of Apartheid and Inequality in Israel/Palestine.- Part III:Political Economy in the Absence of Sovereignty.- Chapter 9: Gaza, Palestine, and the Political Economies of Indigenous (Non)-Futures.- Chapter 10: Political Economy of Foreign Aid in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: A Conceptual Framing.- Chapter 11: The Palestinian Authority Political Economy: The Architecture of Fiscal Control.- Chapter 12: Political Economy of Intervention and Securitized Ordering in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.- Chapter 13: Off the Grid: Prepaid Power and the Political Economy of Waste in Palestine.- Chapter 14: To Unknow Palestine: A Conclusion.- Index.