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The Palestinian Regime
A "Partial Democracy

As'ad Ghanem
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Foreword by Naseer Aruri, Chancellor Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

“Ghanem’s thesis is persuasive and coherently presented.” Middle Eastern Studies

“A very useful examination of the factors shaping Palestinian political development.” Journal of Palestine Studies

“An excellent, scholarly volume – a first-rate study of the problems of democratization and the requirements for its success.” Choice

“A valuable contribution to the debate.” Middle East Journal

In examining the new political order that emerged in the West Bank and Gaza after the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) in 1994, this book demonstrates that two political systems exist in the West Bank and Gaza Strip: one which is active, undemocratic and dominant; and one which is passive, democratic and overshadowed by the first. As’ad Ghanem demonstrates how Yasser Arafat has created an authoritian regime and how he controls this through the concentration of power, intimidation and bribery, after having shoved aside the forces that had shaped the emerging political order that had come into being before the establishment of the PNA. This order, which incorporated politcal pluralism, struggle, protest on behalf of change, and voluntary organizations that were the first sign of the appearance of a Palestinian civil society, functions as a weak shadow of Arafat’s centralized regime.

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