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Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-Determination and Decolonization Beyond Partition
ISBN: 9780520385634
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: History ; Middle East Studies ; Military Studies ; security-studies-discipline ; Political Science;

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The quest for an inclusive and independent state has been at the center of the Palestinian national struggle for a very long time. This book critically explores the meaning of Palestinian statehood and the challenges that face alternative models to it. Giving prominence to a young set of diverse Palestinian scholars, this groundbreaking book shows how notions of citizenship, sovereignty, and nationhood are being rethought within the broader context of decolonization. Bringing forth critical and multifaceted engagements with what modern Palestinian self-determination entails, Rethinking Statehood sets the terms of debate for the future of Palestine beyond partition.

Leila Farsakh is Associate Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at University of Massachusetts Boston. She is author of P alestinian Labor Migration to Israel: Labour, Land and Occupation and coeditor of The Arab and Jewish Question: Geographies of Engagement in Palestine and Beyond.