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Description

1. 194 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

1. When do words and actions empower? When do they betray? Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this volume tracks the repercussions of advocacy activism against house demolitions in 'unrecognised' Arab-Bedouin villages in Israel's southern 'internal frontier'. It highlights the repercussions of activism for victims, fund-raisers and activists. The ethnographic episodes show how humanitarian aid intervention and indigenous identity politics can turn into a double-edged sword. Ironically, institutional lobbying for coexistence and its interpretative categories can sometimes perpetuate different forms of subjugation. The volume also shows how, beyond the institutional lobbying, novel figures of activism emerge: informal networks create non-sectarian, cross-cutting countercultures and rethink human-environment relationships. These experimental political subjects redefine the categories of the conflict and elude the logic of zero-sum games; they point towards a shifting paradigm in current ethnopolitics. Koensler outlines an ethnographic approach for the study of social movements that follows multiple relations around mobilisations rather than studying activism in itself. This perspective thus becomes relevant for scholars and activists engaged with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and those interested in global rights discourses.--

Series statement

1. The mobilization series on social movements, protest, and culture

Uniform title

1. Mobilization series on social movements, protest, and culture

Subject

1. Palestinian Arabs > West Bank > Social conditions
2. Wrecking > Political aspects > West Bank
3. Palestinian Arabs > Government policy > Israel
4. Land use > Government policy > Israel
5. Human rights > Israel
6. Social movements > Israel
7. Social movements > West Bank
8. Group identity > Israel
9. Group identity > West Bank
10. Group identity
11. Human rights
12. Land use > Government policy
13. Palestinian Arabs > Government policy
14. Palestinian Arabs > Social conditions
15. Social movements
16. Wrecking > Political aspects
17. Grenzgebiet
18. Beduine
19. Dorf
20. Staat
21. Strafe
22. Politischer Protest
23. Aktivismus
24. Soziale Bewegung
25. Palästinenser
26. Israeli
27. Palestinian Arabs > West Bank > Social conditions
28. Palestinian Arabs > Government policy > Israel
29. Land use > Government policy > Israel
30. Human rights > Israel
31. Social action > Israel
32. Social action > West Bank
33. Social movements > Israel
34. Demolition, Military > West Bank and Gaza Strip
35. Social movements > West Bank
36. Palestinier > sociala aspekter
37. Palestinier > politiska aspekter
38. Rivning > politiska aspekter
39. Markanvändning > politiska aspekter
40. Mänskliga rättigheter
41. Sociala rörelser
42. Gruppidentitet
43. Israel
44. West Bank
45. Negev

Contents

1. Ethnography and social movement studies -- The life of Israeli-Palestinian claims -- The 'ghost village' -- Illusions -- Frictions and connections -- Politics of poliphony? -- Global ecosophies.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Erratum sheet inserted

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.