Hamas transformation : opportunities and challenges / / by Ibrahim Natil

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460743003321
• Autore: Natil Ibrahim
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-4438-8574-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.953044
• Soggetti: Palestinian Arabs - Politics and government; Islam and politics - Gaza Strip; Electronic books.; Gaza Strip Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the political development and transformation of Hamas from a resistance movement into a political authority in the Gaza Strip, as a result of the group's victory in the Palestinian national elections of 2006. From a political science and conflict transformation perspective, it focuses on the political opportunities, challenges and process of environmental and structural change which led the resistance movement to evolve from an underground militant group to a force in conventional politics. This study offers an analysis of Hamas' formation, development, political and strateg