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

• Autore: Lia Brynjar
• Pubblicazione: Reading, UK, : Ithaca Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (495 p.)
• Disciplina: 383.12389
• Soggetto topico: Police - West Bank; Police - Gaza Strip
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: A police force without a state
• ISBN: 0-86372-463-9; 1-281-35691-3; 9786611356910; 0-86372-363-2; 1-4294-7794-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451949003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II