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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451949003321

Autore

Lia Brynjar

Titolo

A police force without a state [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the Palestinian security forces in the West Bank and Gaza / / Brynjar Lia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reading, UK, : Ithaca Press, c2006

ISBN

0-86372-463-9

1-281-35691-3

9786611356910

0-86372-363-2

1-4294-7794-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (495 p.)

Disciplina

383.12389

Soggetti

Police - West Bank

Police - Gaza Strip

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-467) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Glossary; Notes on Transliteration and Terms; Foreword and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I The PLO; 2 Guarding the Revolution: Palestinian Self-Policing and Vigilantism before Oslo; 3 The Road to Oslo and its Palestinian Police Formula; 4 ""The Hawks are the Real Palestinian Police"": The Inside PLO''s Police Preparations; 5 Arab Brothers: The Politics of Police Training and Recruitment in Exile; 6 Symbols of Liberation: The Politics of Palestinian Police Deployment; Part II Policing Palestine

7 The Post-Oslo Order and Implications for Palestinian Policing8 A Multitude of Security Forces, Agencies and Branches; 9 In the Midst of Informers, Avengers and Death Squads; 10 Illegal Weapons, Paramilitary Groups and Terrorists; 11 Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography and Sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book traces the evolution of the Palestinian police and security forces, beginning with its historical antecedents in Lebanon and the occupied territories, and the formation of formal police organizations



after the Oslo Accords until the outbreak of the second Intifada in September 2000. The history of the Palestinian Police revolves around the fundamental question of how a national police force can be created and operated without the framework of an independent state. Apart from offering a far more detailed and accurate account of the Palestinian Police history than previous works, the s