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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779667503321

Autore

Abu-Zahra Nadia <1976->

Titolo

Unfree in Palestine [[electronic resource] ] : registration, documentation and movement restriction / / Nadia Abu-Zahra and Adah Kay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pluto Press, 2013

ISBN

1-84964-768-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 222 pages ) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Altri autori (Persone)

KayAdah <1943->

Disciplina

323.4483095694

Soggetti

Identification cards - Law and legislation - Palestine

Palestinian Arabs - Palestine - Social conditions

Privacy, Right of - Palestine

Race discrimination - Palestine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. Freedom and unfreedom in Palestine ; Scantily-documented pass systems ; Overview of the book. -- Registration and denationalisation. The census ; The population registry ; Feigning authority ; Denationalisation. -- Blacklists. Paper blacklists and executions ; Blacklists as hierarchies of discrimination. -- Coercion and collaboration. Withholding rights as coercion ; Trading rights for needs ; Informants and collaborators. -- Movement restriction and induced transfer. Entrenching movement restrictions ; Induced transfer ; Enhanced movement for colonists, restricted movement for indigenous Palestinians. -- The health system. Collapsing public health structures ; Health system shutdown. -- Education. Collapsing education structures ; Education system shutdown. -- Conclusion. Review of book ; Looking forward.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on first-hand accounts and extensive fieldwork, 'Unfree in Palestine' reveals the role played by identity documents in Israel's apartheid policies towards the Palestinians, from the red passes of the 1950's to the orange, green and blue passes of today.