Gaza Under Hamas: From Islamic Democracy to Islamist Governance Contributor(s): Brenner, Bjorn (Author), Ranstorp, Magnus (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1784537772 ISBN-13: 9781784537777 Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company OUR PRICE: $64.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Political Science | Political Process - General - Social Science | Islamic Studies |
Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (1.00 lbs) 272 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Hamas is designated a terrorist organization by Israel, the EU, the USA and the UN. It has made itself notorious for its violent radicalism and uncompromising rejection of the Jewish state. So after its victory in the 2006 elections the world was watching. How would Hamas govern? Could an Islamist group without any experience of power - and with an unwavering ideology - manage to deal with day-to-day realities on the ground? Bjorn Brenner investigates what happened after the elections and puts the spotlight on the people over whom Hamas rules, rather than on its ideas. Lodging with Palestinian families and experiencing their daily encounters with Hamas, he offers an intimate perspective of the group as seen through local eyes. The book is based on hard-to-secure interviews with a wide range of key political and security figures in the Hamas administration, as well as with military commanders and members of the feared Qassam Brigades. Brenner has also sought out those that Hamas identifies as local trouble makers: the extreme Salafi-Jihadis and members of the now more quiescent mainstream Fatah party led by Mahmoud Abbas. |