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

by Joost R. Hiltermann

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781400843763
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	04/13/2021
Series:	Princeton Studies on the Near East
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	294
File size:	15 MB
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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.

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
	Index of Organizations	xiii
Chapter 1	Mass Mobilization under Occupation	3
Chapter 2	The Structural Context	17
Chapter 3	The Political Context	38
Chapter 4	The Labor Movement	56
Chapter 5	The Women's Movement	126
Chapter 6	Popular Organizations and the Uprising	173
Chapter 7	Conclusion	208
	Notes	219
	Bibliography	245
	Index	255

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"A very important book, a major contribution to the literature on national movements and social mobilization and to our understanding of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. . . . A richly detailed and nuanced analysis of activism among Palestinian women and workers."—Zachary Lockman, Harvard University

Zachary Lockman

A very important book, a major contribution to the literature on national movements and social mobilization and to our understanding of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. . . . A richly detailed and nuanced analysis of activism among Palestinian women and workers.
— Zachary Lockman, Harvard University

Editorial Reviews

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1992

"In the first comprehensive treatment of the subject, Hiltermann argues that the local trade unions and women's organisations provided the uprising with an infrastructure. . . . Hiltermann's book is rich in detail and encyclopedic in scope."—-Lawrence Tal, The Times Higher Education Supplement

From the Publisher

In the first comprehensive treatment of the subject, Hiltermann argues that the local trade unions and women's organisations provided the uprising with an infrastructure. . . . Hiltermann's book is rich in detail and encyclopedic in scope.

The Times Higher Education Supplement - Lawrence Tal

In the first comprehensive treatment of the subject, Hiltermann argues that the local trade unions and women's organisations provided the uprising with an infrastructure. . . . Hiltermann's book is rich in detail and encyclopedic in scope.
— Lawrence Tal

The Times Higher Education Supplement