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Record Nr.

UNISA996552372203316

Autore

Banko Lauren

Titolo

The invention of Palestinian citizenship, 1918-1947 / / Lauren Banko [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2016

ISBN

1-4744-3214-X

1-4744-2707-3

1-4744-1551-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 278 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

323.6095694

Soggetti

Citizenship - Palestine

Nation-building - Palestine

Palestinian Arabs - Politics and government - 20th century

Biographies

Palestine Politics and government 1917-1948

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Inventing the national and citizen in Palestine : Great Britain, sovereignty and the legislative context, 1918-1925 -- The notion of 'rights' and the practices of nationality and citizenship from the Palestinian Arab perspective, 1918-1925 -- The diaspora and the meanings of Palestinian citizenship, 1925-1931 -- Institutionalising citizenship : creating distinctions between Arab and Jewish Palestinian citizens, 1926-1934 -- Whose rights to citizenship? Expressions and variations of Palestinian mandate citizenship, 1926-1935 -- The Palestine revolt and stalled citizenship -- Conclusion. The end of the experiment : discourses on citizenship at the close of the mandate.

Sommario/riassunto

This book situates the evolution of citizenship at the centre of state formation under the quasi-colonial mandate administration in Palestine.