Governing Gaza : Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917–1967 /

An investigation into how government persists under even the most untenable conditions, based on an analysis of government in Gaza between 1917 and 1967.

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Main Author: Feldman, Ilana, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on transliteration
  • Introduction
  • Government practice and the place of Gaza
  • Producing bureaucratic authority
  • Ruling files
  • On being a civil servant
  • Civil service competence and the course of a career
  • Tactical practice and government work
  • Service in crisis
  • Servicing everyday life
  • Community services and formations of civic life
  • Conclusion
  • Gaza and an anthropology of government.