Behind the Intifada: Labor and Women's Movements in the Occupied Territories

Joost R. Hiltermann

Princeton University Press, Feb 14, 1993 - History - 294 pages

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.

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
• Bibliography: 245
• Index: 255

About the author

Joost R. Hiltermann, who received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, is an editor of MERIP's Middle East Report and past research coordinator of Al-Haq, the Palestinian human rights organization in the West Bank.

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: 294 pages
• Subjects: History / Middle East / General; Political Science / International Relations / General; Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations; Political Science / World / General