Behind the Intifada: Labor and Women's Movements in the Occupied TerritoriesBefore the intifada began, Joost Hiltermann had already looked at local organizations in the Israeli- occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip and seen there the main elements that would eventually be used to mobilize the Palestinian masses. In the first comprehensive study of these organizations, Hiltermann shows how local organizers provided basic services unavailable under military rule, while recruiting for the cause of Palestinian nationalism.Before the intifada began, Joost Hiltermann had already looked at local organizations in the Israeli- occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip and seen there the main elements that would eventually be used to mobilize the Palestinian masses. In the first comprehensive study of these organizations, Hiltermann shows how local organizers provided basic services unavailable under military rule, while recruiting for the cause of Palestinian nationalism. |
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Contents
Mass Mobilization under Occupation | 3 |
The Structural Context | 17 |
The Political Context | 38 |
The Labor Movement | 56 |
The Womens Movement | 126 |
Popular Organizations and the Uprising | 173 |
Conclusion | 208 |
Notes | 219 |
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Behind the Intifada: Labor and Women's Movements in the Occupied Territories Joost R. Hiltermann No preview available - 1991 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Behind the Intifada: Labor and Women's Movements in the Occupied Territories Near East Studies Princeton Studies on the Near East |
| Author | Joost R. Hiltermann |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0691024804, 9780691024806 |
| Length | 265 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Middle East / General Political Science / International Relations / General Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations Political Science / World / General |
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