Synopses & Reviews
One in every six Israeli citizens is a Palestinian Arab. While much has been written about the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza, the struggle for political rights by Palestinian citizens of Israel remains largely unexplored. Shany Payes offers a fresh look at this struggle through analysis of the increasingly growing sector of Palestinian non-governmental organizations. Charting the political history of these associations over the last quarter of a century and running right up to developments during the recent Intifada, she analyzes the political repression of Palestinian civil society by the Israeli state and attempts made by Palestinian NGOs in Israel to build a civil society in the face of such oppression.
Review
"A lively and original contribution to a field in which there is already much interest but where few works of any substance have been produced."--Philip Robins, St Antony's College, Oxford
"Provides a fresh insight into political repression of Palestinian civil society by the Israeli state and attempts by Palestinian NGOs to build a civil society in the face of such oppression." --Gerard Clarke, Centre for Development Studies, University of Wales Swansea
About the Author
Shany Payes obtained her PhD from St Antony's College, Oxford and was a journalist in Israel for ten years.
Table of Contents
Introduction * Civil Society, NGOs and Social Movements: A Theoretical Framework * The Evolution of Palestinian NGOs in Israel * National Palestinian NGOs in Israel * Local Palestinian NGOs in Israel * Jewish-Palestinian Co-operation in Israeli NGOs * The Difficult Road to Socio-Political Change * Bibliography * Documents * Books and Articles * Select Publications of Associations * Internet Sources * List of Interviews * Appendix One: List of Organisations * Appendix Two:Comparative Data on Health and Education * Conditions of Palestinians and Jews in Israel * Appendix Three: Law of Associations