Damming the Palestinian Spring
Security Sector Reform and Entrenched Repression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12903802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tahani Mustafa (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 212-230 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-2977 • E-ISSN: 1750-2985 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17502977.2015.1020738 |
| OpenAlex | W2068401904 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 21 |
As a wave of protests swept through the Arab world in 2010–11—toppling regimes that had long seemed invulnerable to popular mobilization—the relative stability of the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) largely escaped international attention. In a marked break with the unrest and massive, sustained popular mobilizations of the past, no significant opposition surfaced to challenge the status quo in the oPt even though dissatisfaction with the status quo runs high in the territories. To explain this marked break with very recent history, it is necessary to examine how the Oslo process has produced an internationally backed authoritarian regime in the West Bank. This article uses the dynamics of Security Sector Reform (SSR) in the oPt to explore the conceptual and theoretical parameters of SSR and how programmes of international development and security assistance function to perpetuate rather than weaken authoritarian retrenchment in recipient states. It examines how SSR in the oPt created a socio-political paradox on the ground that diverges substantially from conventional understandings of security and statehood, producing a conflicted authoritarian system of governance in the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority and entrenching rather than challenging or tempering the paradigm of Israeli occupation
Authoritarianism · Corporate governance · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Retrenchment · Security forces · Security Sector Reform · Sociology · Status quo · Unrest · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration
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Introduction
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |