Title:
Gaza under Hamas : from Islamic democracy to Islamist governance / Björn Brenner.
ISBN:
9780755634392
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Edition:
New and updated edition; paperback edition.
Publication Information:
London : I.B. Tauris, 2022.
Physical Description:
xvii, 291 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
General Note:
Original edition first published in Great Britain in 2017.
Contents:
Foreword / by Shaul Mishal – Introduction / by Magnus Ranstorp -- Islamists in power by democratic means – Gaining power and relating to the opposition -- Radicalisation and the emergence of splinter groups – The deradicalisation of Islamists by Islamists -- Social order in the midst of political chaos -- The new political order and the judicial system -- Islamist governance Hamas-style – Hamas beyond elections and governance – Epilogue / by Benedetta Berti.
Summary:
Hamas is designated a terrorist organization by Israel, the EU, the USA and the UN. The author investigates Hamas's decades of governance after its victory in the 2006 elections, with the spotlight on the government's actions, rather than its ideas. Lodging with Palestinian familes, he offers an intimate perspective of the group as seen through local eyes. The book is also based on hard-to-secure interviews with a wide range of key political and security figures in the Hamas administration, with military commanders, and with members of the feared Qassam Brigades. This updated edition covers recent events since 2016, revisits original conclusions, and reflects on the future for Hamas. An added chapter discusses Hamas's new Charter, shifting power-balance within, changing regional dynamics--and how we can understand the relationship between Hamas and democracy today. -- Adapted from back cover.
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OCLC Number:
on1320823410
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