Pub Date : 2013-11-18DOI: 10.1179/1752726013Z.00000000012
Toufic Haddad
This article explores the political economy of the international statebuilding agenda in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). The extent of this agenda, and its evident political determination, points to conscious efforts to transform social relations in a manner seen as conducive to a particular vision of peace. Influenced by neoliberal conceptualizations of development and the state, the practice and results of this agenda on the ground strongly contradict the utopianism of its international adherents. This leads one to question aspects of the agenda’s intentions, which are too often veiled behind impenetrable curtains of power.
{"title":"Political Economy of Neoliberal Approaches to Conflict Resolution and Statebuilding in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 1993 to 2013","authors":"Toufic Haddad","doi":"10.1179/1752726013Z.00000000012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/1752726013Z.00000000012","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the political economy of the international statebuilding agenda in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). The extent of this agenda, and its evident political determination, points to conscious efforts to transform social relations in a manner seen as conducive to a particular vision of peace. Influenced by neoliberal conceptualizations of development and the state, the practice and results of this agenda on the ground strongly contradict the utopianism of its international adherents. This leads one to question aspects of the agenda’s intentions, which are too often veiled behind impenetrable curtains of power.","PeriodicalId":222428,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Council for British Research in The Levant","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122121679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-10-01DOI: 10.1179/1752726012Z.0000000004
P. Leech
This article explains why the politics of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, long an historic focal point of Palestinian independence and resistance to foreign rule, is still an important area for research today. Nablus suffered badly under an Israeli siege for eight years in the early 2000s but it now represents the front line of the Palestinian Authority’s neo-liberal ‘state-building’ agenda. The tensions between the city’s strong identity and rising tide of neo-liberalism are a microcosm of broader political dynamics in Palestine.
{"title":"Why Jabal an-Nar? Researching Nablus","authors":"P. Leech","doi":"10.1179/1752726012Z.0000000004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/1752726012Z.0000000004","url":null,"abstract":"This article explains why the politics of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, long an historic focal point of Palestinian independence and resistance to foreign rule, is still an important area for research today. Nablus suffered badly under an Israeli siege for eight years in the early 2000s but it now represents the front line of the Palestinian Authority’s neo-liberal ‘state-building’ agenda. The tensions between the city’s strong identity and rising tide of neo-liberalism are a microcosm of broader political dynamics in Palestine.","PeriodicalId":222428,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Council for British Research in The Levant","volume":"434 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123051146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-10-01DOI: 10.1179/1752726012Z.0000000003
M. Pietrobelli
This paper presents an overview of the current state of women’s participation in the Jordanian parliamentary system. Drawing on interviews with female candidates in the 2010 Parliamentary Elections, the reasons behind their candidacy, together with the obstacles they faced in running for office, are described and an assessment of the presence of women in politics is made.
{"title":"Women’s Political Participation in Jordan: The Experiences of Female Candidates in the 2010 Parliamentary Elections","authors":"M. Pietrobelli","doi":"10.1179/1752726012Z.0000000003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/1752726012Z.0000000003","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an overview of the current state of women’s participation in the Jordanian parliamentary system. Drawing on interviews with female candidates in the 2010 Parliamentary Elections, the reasons behind their candidacy, together with the obstacles they faced in running for office, are described and an assessment of the presence of women in politics is made.","PeriodicalId":222428,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Council for British Research in The Levant","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122125112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-10-01DOI: 10.1179/1752726012Z.0000000005
Omar Shweiki
This article explores debates within Palestinian civil society literature covering the post-Oslo state-building period and developments within Palestinian civil society itself. The main themes within Palestinian civil society scholarship, how Palestinian civil society has mobilized to challenge the prevailing state-building framework and what questions this raises for the future of the national movement are outlined.
{"title":"Palestinian Civil Society and the Question of Representation","authors":"Omar Shweiki","doi":"10.1179/1752726012Z.0000000005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/1752726012Z.0000000005","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores debates within Palestinian civil society literature covering the post-Oslo state-building period and developments within Palestinian civil society itself. The main themes within Palestinian civil society scholarship, how Palestinian civil society has mobilized to challenge the prevailing state-building framework and what questions this raises for the future of the national movement are outlined.","PeriodicalId":222428,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Council for British Research in The Levant","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116909451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-10-01DOI: 10.1179/1752726012Z.0000000002
B. Finlayson, S. Mithen, M. Najjar
Recent excavations at WF16 in Wadi Faynan, southern Jordan have revealed remarkable new evidence for the early Neolithic, especially regarding the development of architecture and settlement organization, allowing fresh insights into the development of increasingly sedentary communities and the social systems they supported. The nature of early Neolithic communities is integral to our understanding of the Neolithic transformation.
{"title":"WF16. Architecture, Sedentism and Social Complexity Communal Building in Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Settlements: New Evidence from WF16","authors":"B. Finlayson, S. Mithen, M. Najjar","doi":"10.1179/1752726012Z.0000000002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/1752726012Z.0000000002","url":null,"abstract":"Recent excavations at WF16 in Wadi Faynan, southern Jordan have revealed remarkable new evidence for the early Neolithic, especially regarding the development of architecture and settlement organization, allowing fresh insights into the development of increasingly sedentary communities and the social systems they supported. The nature of early Neolithic communities is integral to our understanding of the Neolithic transformation.","PeriodicalId":222428,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Council for British Research in The Levant","volume":"236 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117010009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-12-01DOI: 10.1179/175272711X13140949020716
S. Mills
Abstract Between the late 16th and the late 18th century, a small community of English merchants resided in the heart of the old city of Aleppo. Although primarily concerned with the business of international trade, the factors, consuls and chaplains who served the English Levant Company formed an important cultural link between England and the early modern Ottoman Empire. This article surveys the careers of the chaplains, over a period of around 140 years, and explores some of their interests in the fields of oriental studies and antiquarianism. By tracing the ways in which information about the Levant was relayed from Aleppo to English scholars, it argues that the English factory played an important role in the development of these fields as scientific disciplines.
{"title":"The English Chaplains at Aleppo: Exploration and Scholarship between England and the Ottoman Empire, 1620–1760","authors":"S. Mills","doi":"10.1179/175272711X13140949020716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/175272711X13140949020716","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Between the late 16th and the late 18th century, a small community of English merchants resided in the heart of the old city of Aleppo. Although primarily concerned with the business of international trade, the factors, consuls and chaplains who served the English Levant Company formed an important cultural link between England and the early modern Ottoman Empire. This article surveys the careers of the chaplains, over a period of around 140 years, and explores some of their interests in the fields of oriental studies and antiquarianism. By tracing the ways in which information about the Levant was relayed from Aleppo to English scholars, it argues that the English factory played an important role in the development of these fields as scientific disciplines.","PeriodicalId":222428,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Council for British Research in The Levant","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131023170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-12-01DOI: 10.1179/175272711X13140948750500
L. Maher, T. Richter, Matthew D. Jones, J. Stock
AbstractThe Epipalaeolithic Foragers in Azraq Project is a multi-disciplinary research programme exploring landscape change and prehistoric occupation in the Azraq Basin, Eastern Jordan. Excavations at several Epipalaeolithic sites and geomorphological survey and investigations throughout the basin over the last four years provide a rich record of the interplay between climate, human-induced landscape change, and past settlement and land-use. Here we explore some of these findings with specific attention to changing issues of water availability and sustainable land-use activities in the area.
{"title":"The Epipalaeolithic Foragers in Azraq Project: Prehistoric Landscape Change in the Azraq Basin, Eastern Jordan","authors":"L. Maher, T. Richter, Matthew D. Jones, J. Stock","doi":"10.1179/175272711X13140948750500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/175272711X13140948750500","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThe Epipalaeolithic Foragers in Azraq Project is a multi-disciplinary research programme exploring landscape change and prehistoric occupation in the Azraq Basin, Eastern Jordan. Excavations at several Epipalaeolithic sites and geomorphological survey and investigations throughout the basin over the last four years provide a rich record of the interplay between climate, human-induced landscape change, and past settlement and land-use. Here we explore some of these findings with specific attention to changing issues of water availability and sustainable land-use activities in the area.","PeriodicalId":222428,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Council for British Research in The Levant","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116478284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-12-01DOI: 10.1179/175272711X13140948259579
Alison Damick
AbstractThe Azraq Community Archaeology Project (ACAP) began as the community engagement component of the Epipalaeolithic Foragers in Azraq Project (EFAP). This project seeks to understand different ways of communicating the past and recording varying perceptions of the value of the landscape among the local communities of the Azraq Basin in eastern Jordan.
{"title":"Landscapes of the Past: Place, Space, and the Construction of Meaning in the Azraq Community Archaeology Project","authors":"Alison Damick","doi":"10.1179/175272711X13140948259579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/175272711X13140948259579","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThe Azraq Community Archaeology Project (ACAP) began as the community engagement component of the Epipalaeolithic Foragers in Azraq Project (EFAP). This project seeks to understand different ways of communicating the past and recording varying perceptions of the value of the landscape among the local communities of the Azraq Basin in eastern Jordan.","PeriodicalId":222428,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Council for British Research in The Levant","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125444526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-12-01DOI: 10.1179/175272711X13140949320821
Mandy Turner
AbstractForeign aid has played a significant role in providing relief for the Palestinian people — particularly since the signing of the Oslo Peace Accord. This article focuses on the period after January 2006 and argues that aid has been used punitively with the aim of isolating and removing Palestinian political elites not regarded as 'partners for peace'. The 'partners for peace' paradigm has three elements: first, it is an attempt by donors to support who they regard as the 'right' type of Palestinian political elite; secondly, that the 'right' type of Palestinian political elite is defined as those who are willing to 'make peace' with Israel (as defined by Israel and the US); and, thirdly, that those not deemed the 'right' type of political elite have to be marginalized and/or removed. The article concludes by arguing that a new aid agenda should be constructed in pursuit of building a just and sustainable peace.
{"title":"Aid and the 'Partners For Peace' Paradigm in the Occupied Palestinian Territory","authors":"Mandy Turner","doi":"10.1179/175272711X13140949320821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/175272711X13140949320821","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractForeign aid has played a significant role in providing relief for the Palestinian people — particularly since the signing of the Oslo Peace Accord. This article focuses on the period after January 2006 and argues that aid has been used punitively with the aim of isolating and removing Palestinian political elites not regarded as 'partners for peace'. The 'partners for peace' paradigm has three elements: first, it is an attempt by donors to support who they regard as the 'right' type of Palestinian political elite; secondly, that the 'right' type of Palestinian political elite is defined as those who are willing to 'make peace' with Israel (as defined by Israel and the US); and, thirdly, that those not deemed the 'right' type of political elite have to be marginalized and/or removed. The article concludes by arguing that a new aid agenda should be constructed in pursuit of building a just and sustainable peace.","PeriodicalId":222428,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Council for British Research in The Levant","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115558008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-12-01DOI: 10.1179/175272711X13140948378342
Vanessa Iaria
AbstractIraqi refugees' decisions about their repatriation strongly depend upon the information available on the security situation and socio-economic conditions in their home areas. The prevailing distrust of institutions has led Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan to rely on their own means to acquire information on challenges and opportunities for repatriation. Iraqi refugees' informal information systems are based on the use of modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) and on their transnational mobility and social networks. Institutional actors have acknowledged the importance of refugees' transnational livelihoods and information mechanisms but have yet to incorporate these spontaneous strategies into official repatriation programmes, which could maximize the participation of returnees and members of the receiving communities as key information agents.
{"title":"Iraqi Refugees' Informal Information Systems in Syria and Jordan","authors":"Vanessa Iaria","doi":"10.1179/175272711X13140948378342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/175272711X13140948378342","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractIraqi refugees' decisions about their repatriation strongly depend upon the information available on the security situation and socio-economic conditions in their home areas. The prevailing distrust of institutions has led Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan to rely on their own means to acquire information on challenges and opportunities for repatriation. Iraqi refugees' informal information systems are based on the use of modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) and on their transnational mobility and social networks. Institutional actors have acknowledged the importance of refugees' transnational livelihoods and information mechanisms but have yet to incorporate these spontaneous strategies into official repatriation programmes, which could maximize the participation of returnees and members of the receiving communities as key information agents.","PeriodicalId":222428,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Council for British Research in The Levant","volume":"264 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125810794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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