Ilana Feldman

Governing Gaza

Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917-1967

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the role of the civil service in Gaza during the British Mandate and Egyptian Administration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780822342229
• ISBN-10: 0822342227
• Artikelnr.: 23369696

Autorenporträt

Ilana Feldman is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at George Washington University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Note on Transliteration xiii
1. Introduction: Government Practice and the Place of Gaza 1
Part One. Producing Bureaucratic Authority
2. Ruling Files 31
3. On Being a Civil Servant 63
4. Civil Service Competence and the Course of a Career 91
Part Two. Tactical Practice and Government Work
5. Service in Crisis 123
6. Servicing Everyday Life 155
7. Community Services and Formations of Civic Life 189
8. Conclusion: Gaza and an Anthropology of Government 219
Notes 237
Bibliography 297
Index 313