Palestine Ltd. Neoliberalism and Nationalism

in the Occupied Territory

Toufic Haddad SOAS Palestine Studies – I.B. Tauris

I.B.Tauris and the Centre for Palestine Studies at the London Middle East Institute (LMEI) of SOAS are delighted to announce the release of the first book in their new collaborative series, SOAS Palestine Studies. The series, edited by Professor Gilbert Achcar, aims at promoting innovative research in the study of Palestine, Palestinians and the Israel-Palestine conflict as a crucial component of Middle Eastern and world politics. The first ever

Western academic series entirely dedicated to this topic, SOAS Palestine Studies draws from a variety of disciplinary fields, including history, politics, media, visual arts, social anthropology, and development studies.

In Palestine Ltd., Toufic Haddad explores how neoliberal frameworks have shaped and informed the common understandings of international, Israeli and Palestinian interactions throughout the Oslo peace process. Drawing upon more than 20 years of policy literature, field-based interviews and recently declassified or leaked documents, he details how these frameworks have led to struggles over influencing Palestinian political and economic behaviour, and attempts to mould the class character of Palestinian society and its leadership. A dystopian vision of Palestine emerges as the by-product of this complex asymmetrical interaction, where nationalism, neo-colonialism and ‘disaster capitalism’ both intersect and diverge. This book is essential for students and scholars interested in Middle East Studies, Arab-Israeli politics and international development.

‘A crisply written, painstakingly researched study that puts Palestine in a much-needed global economic context, laying out the harrowing consequences of market fundamentalism and disaster capitalism in particular. Amid growing worldwide rejection of neoliberalism, this terrific and timely book will be a key resource for anyone fighting for justice in the region.’ – NAOMI KLEIN, author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine ‘This is truly an exceptional study of the Oslo process and Western donor intervention therein. Meticulously and rigorously researched, Toufic Haddad’s book represents an invaluable contribution to a literature that still requires the kind of critical scrutiny and analysis that Haddad provides. While the book carefully examines and exposes the role of the West in Palestine’s debility – a role that was deliberate and considered – none of Oslo’s protagonists are spared. Palestine Ltd is compelling and should be required reading by anyone seeking to understand what the Oslo process was really about and why it has proved so disastrous for Palestinians.’ – SARA ROY, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University ‘A sophisticated platform for further research and efforts on the ground in the coming years to achieve liberation, both social and national.’ – RAJA KHALIDI, Former Senior Economist, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

TOUFIC HADDAD holds a PhD from SOAS, University of London. He is co-author of Between the Lines: Israel, the Palestinians and the US War on Terror (2007) and previously worked as a journalist, editor and researcher in Jerusalem, including for different UN bodies.

CONTENTS

Introduction

PART I: Background

Chapter 1: Neoliberal Approaches to Conflict Resolution and State-Building

Chapter 2: Getting to ‘Peace’: Survey of Historical Political Economic Factors Leading to

the Oslo Peace Process

PART II: Peace-Building? 1993–2000

Chapter 3: Modelling a Resolution

Chapter 4: The Voyage: Neoliberal Peace-Building in Practice 1993–2000

Chapter 5: The Enforcer: Structural Determinants of Palestinian Political Economy: The

Israeli Contribution

Chapter 6: The Guestimate: Structural Determinants of Palestinian Political Economy:

International Aid Contributions

Chapter 7: Palestinian Political Actors Negotiate Neoliberal Peace-Building

Chapter 8: Rents, Rent-Seeking and the Political Settlement of the Oslo Years

PART III: State-Building?

Chapter 9: Reform and State-Building

Chapter 10: ‘Fayyadism’

Chapter 11: Incentivizing De-Development

Chapter 12: Conclusion

Special Offer Price £48.30 RRP £69.00*

Hardback | 368 pages | 216 x 134 mm | 9781784536572 | July 2016

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