TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pace,Michelle
AU  - Sen,Somdeep
TI  - The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank: The Theatrics of Woeful Statecraft
T2  - Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government Series
SN  - 9781351341530
AV  - DS119.76 .P334 2019 
U1  - 956.94/205 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Performative (Philosophy)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Prelude -- Note -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The theatrics of the 'state': An introduction -- From a 'missing' state to the 'theatrical' state -- Theorizing the theater -- Ethnography of the 'theater of statecraft' -- The 'missing' case of the Gaza Strip -- Book outline -- Notes -- 2 Palestine and the 'global' imperative of state-building -- How Europe's role in the theatrical machinery came to be -- The EU and its theatrical performance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 The Palestinian Authority and its 'anxious' functionaries -- The Palestinian Authority: A material presence -- Palestinian Authority functionaries and their 'unconvinced' performance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Operating in the shadow of the 'state': The case of civil society organizations -- NGOs in a stateless context -- The making of the NGO industry in the oPt: A historical overview -- NGO officials and their 'anxious' performance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 The 'state' and its unwilling 'subjects' -- The PA and its stately authoritarianism: An overview -- PA's authoritarian statecraft and its discontents -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank explores the manner in which the Palestinian Authority's performative acts affect and shape the lives and subjective identities of those in its vicinity in the occupied West Bank
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ER  -