Shaul Mishal
Biographic Data
| ID | 291564 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shaul Mishal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shaul |
| FAMILY NAME | Mishal |
| SIGNATURE | MISHAL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Understanding Shiite Leadership
In this book, Shaul Mishal and Ori Goldberg explore the ways in which Shiite leaderships in Iran and Lebanon approach themselves and their world. Contrary to the violent and radical image of religious leaderships in the Islamic Republic of Iran and Lebanese Hizballah, the political vision and practice of these leaderships view the world as a middle ground, shying away from absolutist and extremist tendencies. The political leadership assumed by S…
Understanding Shiite Leadership
Place as a Source of Identity in Colonizing Societies
The tendency to reduce the role of places in the formation of sociospatial identities and to emphasize the impact of sociopolitical structures on place making is growing. We argue that, under certain conditions, places may become salient sources of identity formation. In addition, we suggest viewing different types of places on a continuum from mythical "big places," to everyday‐life places, to parochial "little places." We further suggest a dist…
What Happened to Suicide Bombings in Israel? Insights from a Terror Stock Model
An analysis of three years of suicide bombing data in Israel reveals an increase in such attacks through March 2002 followed by a steep decline through the end of 2003. The authors propose a terror-stock model that treats the suicide bombing attack rate as a function of the number of terrorists available to plan and execute suicide bombings. The intent of Israeli tactics such as targeted killings and preemptive arrests is to reduce the capacity o…
Al Qaeda as a Dune Organization
Al Qaeda and its affiliated groups offer the analyst a highly complex challenge. The current literature classifies Islamic terrorist organizations as either networked or hierarchical. Yet, this classification fails to account for the appearance on the international stage of a new type of global terrorism. Most notably, it does not capture the structure and mode of operation of Al Qaeda as it emerged after the 2001 U.S.-led assault on Afghanistan.…
The Pragmatic Dimension of the Palestinian Hamas
In the wake of the 11 September attack on the World Trade Center in New York and President Bush's 'war on terrorism,' it is important to try to understand the cultural, political, and social dimensions of such groups as the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas. Within political and academic circles in the Western world it is common to portray Islamic movements in categorical terms and binary distinctions such as traditional versus moder…
Participation Without Presence
(2002). Participation Without Presence: Hamas, the Palestinian Authority and the Politics of Negotiated Coexistence. Middle Eastern Studies: Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 1-26
Political Expectations and Cultural Perceptions in the Arab‐Israeli Peace Negotiations
In the various Arab‐Israeli peace negotiations that have taken place since the late 1970s, each party entered the process, and continues to function within it, from the vantage point of different political expectations and cultural perceptions. These differences derive from the political features and social structures of the Arab parties and the Israeli side, which range from hierarchical to networked. Israel leans toward hierarchical order, wher…
The Palestinian Hamas
"Since it emerged as a challenger to the PLO during the Palestinian Intifada, Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) has been associated in the public mind with terror and violence. Now two Israeli experts show that, contrary to its image, Hamas is essentially a social and political movement, providing extensive community services and responding constantly to political realities through bargaining and power brokering. The authors lift the veil o…
The Palestinian Hamas
Award Recipients
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Coalition formation in the Arab world
The purpose of the article is to examine the applicability of several well‐known theoretical concepts from the theory of coalition formation. The attempt to apply the term winning coalition to the system of inter‐Arab relations raises problems which derive from the fuzzy boundaries of the system, from the sovereign status of the states involved, and from difficulties in measuring the states’ respective weights. The attempt to apply coalition theo…
Palestinian Voting in the West Bank
West Bank/East Bank
Nationalism through localism
Since the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948 and more particularly since the 1967 war, the Palestinian community on the West Bank has undergone social and political changes: incorporation in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Israeli occupation, and increased PLO influence in internal politics. However, these changes were not paralleled by changes of similar intensity in the power structure or the political behavior of the West Bank elite. Under both J…
The Palestinian Hamas
"Since it emerged as a challenger to the PLO during the Palestinian Intifada, Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) has been associated in the public mind with terror and violence. Now two Israeli experts show that, contrary to its image, Hamas is essentially a social and political movement, providing extensive community services and responding constantly to political realities through bargaining and power brokering. The authors lift the veil o…
What Happened to Suicide Bombings in Israel? Insights from a Terror Stock Model
An analysis of three years of suicide bombing data in Israel reveals an increase in such attacks through March 2002 followed by a steep decline through the end of 2003. The authors propose a terror-stock model that treats the suicide bombing attack rate as a function of the number of terrorists available to plan and execute suicide bombings. The intent of Israeli tactics such as targeted killings and preemptive arrests is to reduce the capacity o…
Place as a Source of Identity in Colonizing Societies
The tendency to reduce the role of places in the formation of sociospatial identities and to emphasize the impact of sociopolitical structures on place making is growing. We argue that, under certain conditions, places may become salient sources of identity formation. In addition, we suggest viewing different types of places on a continuum from mythical "big places," to everyday‐life places, to parochial "little places." We further suggest a dist…
Al Qaeda as a Dune Organization
Al Qaeda and its affiliated groups offer the analyst a highly complex challenge. The current literature classifies Islamic terrorist organizations as either networked or hierarchical. Yet, this classification fails to account for the appearance on the international stage of a new type of global terrorism. Most notably, it does not capture the structure and mode of operation of Al Qaeda as it emerged after the 2001 U.S.-led assault on Afghanistan.…
Political Expectations and Cultural Perceptions in the Arab‐Israeli Peace Negotiations
In the various Arab‐Israeli peace negotiations that have taken place since the late 1970s, each party entered the process, and continues to function within it, from the vantage point of different political expectations and cultural perceptions. These differences derive from the political features and social structures of the Arab parties and the Israeli side, which range from hierarchical to networked. Israel leans toward hierarchical order, wher…
The Pragmatic Dimension of the Palestinian Hamas
In the wake of the 11 September attack on the World Trade Center in New York and President Bush's 'war on terrorism,' it is important to try to understand the cultural, political, and social dimensions of such groups as the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas. Within political and academic circles in the Western world it is common to portray Islamic movements in categorical terms and binary distinctions such as traditional versus moder…
Participation Without Presence
(2002). Participation Without Presence: Hamas, the Palestinian Authority and the Politics of Negotiated Coexistence. Middle Eastern Studies: Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 1-26
The Palestinian Hamas
Palestinian Voting in the West Bank
West Bank/East Bank
Nationalism through localism
Since the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948 and more particularly since the 1967 war, the Palestinian community on the West Bank has undergone social and political changes: incorporation in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Israeli occupation, and increased PLO influence in internal politics. However, these changes were not paralleled by changes of similar intensity in the power structure or the political behavior of the West Bank elite. Under both J…
Palestinian Voting in the West Bank
Coalition formation in the Arab world
The purpose of the article is to examine the applicability of several well‐known theoretical concepts from the theory of coalition formation. The attempt to apply the term winning coalition to the system of inter‐Arab relations raises problems which derive from the fuzzy boundaries of the system, from the sovereign status of the states involved, and from difficulties in measuring the states’ respective weights. The attempt to apply coalition theo…
Award Recipients
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
The Palestinian Hamas
"Since it emerged as a challenger to the PLO during the Palestinian Intifada, Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) has been associated in the public mind with terror and violence. Now two Israeli experts show that, contrary to its image, Hamas is essentially a social and political movement, providing extensive community services and responding constantly to political realities through bargaining and power brokering. The authors lift the veil o…
The Palestinian Hamas
Participation Without Presence
(2002). Participation Without Presence: Hamas, the Palestinian Authority and the Politics of Negotiated Coexistence. Middle Eastern Studies: Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 1-26
Political Expectations and Cultural Perceptions in the Arab‐Israeli Peace Negotiations
In the various Arab‐Israeli peace negotiations that have taken place since the late 1970s, each party entered the process, and continues to function within it, from the vantage point of different political expectations and cultural perceptions. These differences derive from the political features and social structures of the Arab parties and the Israeli side, which range from hierarchical to networked. Israel leans toward hierarchical order, wher…
The Pragmatic Dimension of the Palestinian Hamas
In the wake of the 11 September attack on the World Trade Center in New York and President Bush's 'war on terrorism,' it is important to try to understand the cultural, political, and social dimensions of such groups as the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas. Within political and academic circles in the Western world it is common to portray Islamic movements in categorical terms and binary distinctions such as traditional versus moder…
What Happened to Suicide Bombings in Israel? Insights from a Terror Stock Model
An analysis of three years of suicide bombing data in Israel reveals an increase in such attacks through March 2002 followed by a steep decline through the end of 2003. The authors propose a terror-stock model that treats the suicide bombing attack rate as a function of the number of terrorists available to plan and execute suicide bombings. The intent of Israeli tactics such as targeted killings and preemptive arrests is to reduce the capacity o…
Al Qaeda as a Dune Organization
Al Qaeda and its affiliated groups offer the analyst a highly complex challenge. The current literature classifies Islamic terrorist organizations as either networked or hierarchical. Yet, this classification fails to account for the appearance on the international stage of a new type of global terrorism. Most notably, it does not capture the structure and mode of operation of Al Qaeda as it emerged after the 2001 U.S.-led assault on Afghanistan.…
Place as a Source of Identity in Colonizing Societies
The tendency to reduce the role of places in the formation of sociospatial identities and to emphasize the impact of sociopolitical structures on place making is growing. We argue that, under certain conditions, places may become salient sources of identity formation. In addition, we suggest viewing different types of places on a continuum from mythical "big places," to everyday‐life places, to parochial "little places." We further suggest a dist…
Understanding Shiite Leadership
In this book, Shaul Mishal and Ori Goldberg explore the ways in which Shiite leaderships in Iran and Lebanon approach themselves and their world. Contrary to the violent and radical image of religious leaderships in the Islamic Republic of Iran and Lebanese Hizballah, the political vision and practice of these leaderships view the world as a middle ground, shying away from absolutist and extremist tendencies. The political leadership assumed by S…
Understanding Shiite Leadership
Political science (14 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Politics (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (5 works)