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Examines elite structure and political struggles within the Palestinian national movement and their implications for the regime's future.

Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Structural and Historical Context
2. From Dissension to Coordination: The PLO Leadership and the National Elite in the Occupied Territories
3. Mobilization under Control: The Political Economy of Steadfastness
4. Engineering Compliance: New Modes of Political Entrepreneurship and the Co-optation of Contenders
5. Seizing Structural Opportunities: The Islamist Elite and the Framing of Authenticity Discourse
6. The Politics of Symbolic Capital and the Institutionalization of Neopatrimonial Power
7. The Second Intifada and Its Impact on Elite Structures
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Amal Jamal is Lecturer in Political Science at Tel Aviv University.

Reviews

"A comprehensive, up-to-date account of the dynamics in the Palestinian political arena." Ann M. Lesch, Villanova University