Exploring the Palestinian Student Movement from an historical and sociological perspective, this book demonstrates how Palestinian national identity has been built in the absence of national institutions, whilst emphasizing the role of higher education as an agent of social change, capable of crystallizing patterns of national identity. Focussing on the political and social activities of Palestinian students in two arenas - the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the Palestinian diaspora, Students & Resistance covers the period from 1952-2000. The book investigates the commonality of the goal of the respective movements in securing independence and the building of a sovereign Palestinian state, whilst simultaneously comparing their development, social tone and the differing challenges each movement faced. Examining a plethora of sources including; Palestinian student magazines, PLO documents, Palestinian and Arabic news media, and archival records, to demonstrate how the Palestinian Student Movements became a major political player, this book is of interest to scholars and students of Palestinian History, Politics and the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-10
1138802972
ISBN-13
9781138802971
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209024510
Product Key Features
Author
Ido Zelkovitz
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Politics: General & Référence
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
453g
Height
234mm
Width
156mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Series Title
Routledge Studies on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Author Biography
Ido Zelkovitz is Research Fellow at the Ezri Centre for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies and teaches in the Department of Middle Eastern History at the University of Haifa, Israel. Dr Zelkovitz was a post-doctoral research fellow in The Institute of Sociology at the Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen and he is Currently the Schusterman Visiting Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota for the Academic Year of 2014/15.