
HAMAS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN GAZA |
Subtitle:
Engaging the Islamist Social Sector
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Book Category:
Political Science > General
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Author:
Sara Roy
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 13:
9780691124483
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Price:
USD 35.00
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Publication Year:
2011
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Alternative Binding:
Ebook
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Alternative ISBN 13:
9781400838325
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Alternative Price:
USD 35.00
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Publisher Info
Princeton University Press. InquiryBook Description
Many in the United States and Israel believe that Hamas is nothing but a terrorist organization, and that its social sector serves merely to recruit new supporters for its violent agenda. Based on Sara Roy's extensive fieldwork in the Gaza Strip and West Bank during the critical period of the Oslo peace process, Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza shows how the social service activities sponsored by the Islamist group emphasized not political violence but rather community development and civic restoration.
Book Review and Awards
Choice OAT, Winner of a 2012 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Prize