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No "Plan B" Because "Plan A" Cannot fail:The Oslo Framework and Western Donors in the OPT, 1993-2017
No full textOther chapters in this book explore the experiences and responses of Israeli and Palestinian communities to the hugely significant geographic, economic and political changes that came in the aftermath of the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (DOP) in 1993. This chapter has a different focus – it analyses western donor and multilateral involvement based on the observation that these actors have played a crucial role in creating and sustaining the particular type of colonial ‘peace’ that exists in 2018. First, it provides an analysis of why, how, and with what impacts western donors have supported the DOP and have sought to put in place the foundations for the successful implementation of the two-state solution, known as ‘Plan A’. Second, it assesses their attitudes towards ‘Plan A’ at a time when many have commented on its demise due to Israeli colonial settlement expansion; and whether, in response to this context, a ‘Plan B’ is likely or in preparation
No "Plan B" Because "Plan A" Cannot fail:The Oslo Framework and Western Donors in the OPT, 1993-2017
No full textOther chapters in this book explore the experiences and responses of Israeli and Palestinian communities to the hugely significant geographic, economic and political changes that came in the aftermath of the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (DOP) in 1993. This chapter has a different focus – it analyses western donor and multilateral involvement based on the observation that these actors have played a crucial role in creating and sustaining the particular type of colonial ‘peace’ that exists in 2018. First, it provides an analysis of why, how, and with what impacts western donors have supported the DOP and have sought to put in place the foundations for the successful implementation of the two-state solution, known as ‘Plan A’. Second, it assesses their attitudes towards ‘Plan A’ at a time when many have commented on its demise due to Israeli colonial settlement expansion; and whether, in response to this context, a ‘Plan B’ is likely or in preparation
Securing and Stabilising:Peacebuilding as Counterinsurgency in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
No full textSecuring and Stabilising:Peacebuilding as Counterinsurgency in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
No full textThe political economy of western aid in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 1993
No full textIn the summer of 2012, a Palestinian theatre company toured the West Bank with its production, Beit Yasmine (House of Yasmine). Showed to packed theatre houses, the play narrates the story of the shooting and subsequent treatment of human rights activist, Yasmine. While she lies critically wounded, her family is required to write and submit a proposal for medicine which will only be accepted if they also supply a written assurance (the Anti-terrorism Certification1) that none of it will go to ‘terrorists’. When the medicine arrives, the family discuss whether it will be addictive or not; a debate ensues where they are assured by the ‘medical expert’ that in small doses it will be beneficial. However, simultaneously, other ‘experts’ arrive with more types of medicine, and it soon becomes clear it is best that Yasmine remains ill in order to continue receiving such care, and for those around her to profit from it. The rebellious son of Yasmine, who initially opposes the medicine, is plied with offers of paid study abroad or a comfortable salary in a good job for his silence and acquiescence — thus posing him with a severe moral dilemma.
Three discourses on diasporas and peacebuilding
No full textOver the past decade academics and policymakers have increasingly recognised the growing importance of diasporas. While diasporas have been variously defined, an important common element is continued identity with the ‘home’ country even when many years have been spent in the ‘host’ country (Lyons, 2004b: 3). Some may even not have visited their ‘home country’ but offer valuable political support. For example, even though many of the Jewish diaspora in the United States have never been to Israel, let alone been born there, they nevertheless mobilise support for the Jewish ‘homeland’ (Mearsheimer and Walt, 2006). For the academic community, diasporas thus offer a challenge to the traditional ‘inside/outside’ conception of social life whereby socio-political activities are defined as either purely ‘domestic’ or purely ‘international’ (Al-Ali and Koser, 2002). Diasporas are, at one and the same time, both and neither. As suggested by Shain (2002), diasporas form a distinct ‘third level’ between interstate and domestic politics — a type of transnational actor that is becoming increasingly important due to the globalisation of markets, politics and culture. How, through what mechanisms and with what impact diasporas express themselves as ‘transnational actors’, therefore, is currently a matter of intense research. While there is an expanding literature in this area, there has been less research on diasporas in the field of conflict and peace studies. Here research has tended to emphasise the role of diasporas as ‘peace-wreckers’, though work has emerged emphasising the role of diasporas as ‘peace-makers’ (Smith and Stares, 2007).<br/
Three discourses on diasporas and peacebuilding
No full textOver the past decade academics and policymakers have increasingly recognised the growing importance of diasporas. While diasporas have been variously defined, an important common element is continued identity with the ‘home’ country even when many years have been spent in the ‘host’ country (Lyons, 2004b: 3). Some may even not have visited their ‘home country’ but offer valuable political support. For example, even though many of the Jewish diaspora in the United States have never been to Israel, let alone been born there, they nevertheless mobilise support for the Jewish ‘homeland’ (Mearsheimer and Walt, 2006). For the academic community, diasporas thus offer a challenge to the traditional ‘inside/outside’ conception of social life whereby socio-political activities are defined as either purely ‘domestic’ or purely ‘international’ (Al-Ali and Koser, 2002). Diasporas are, at one and the same time, both and neither. As suggested by Shain (2002), diasporas form a distinct ‘third level’ between interstate and domestic politics — a type of transnational actor that is becoming increasingly important due to the globalisation of markets, politics and culture. How, through what mechanisms and with what impact diasporas express themselves as ‘transnational actors’, therefore, is currently a matter of intense research. While there is an expanding literature in this area, there has been less research on diasporas in the field of conflict and peace studies. Here research has tended to emphasise the role of diasporas as ‘peace-wreckers’, though work has emerged emphasising the role of diasporas as ‘peace-makers’ (Smith and Stares, 2007)
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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