Ethnocracy – Land and Identity Politics in Israel/Palestine Yiftachel Hardback

EthnocracyLand and Identity Politics in Israel/Palestine\nAuthor(s): Oren Yiftachel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, United States\nImprint: University of Pennsylvania Press\nISBN-13: 9780812239270, 978-0812239270\nSynopsis\nTraces the dynamics of territorial and ethnic conflicts between Jews and Palestinians\n For Oren Yiftachel, the notion of ethnocracy suggests a political regime that facilitates expansion and control by a dominant ethnicity in contested lands. It is neither democratic nor authoritarian, with rights and capabilities depending primarily on ethnic origin and geographic location. In Ethnocracy: Land and Identity Politics in Israel/Palestine, he presents a new critical theory and comparative framework to account for the political geography of ethnocratic societies.\n According to Yiftachel, the primary manifestation of ethnocracy in Israel/Palestine has been a concerted strategy by the state of \""Judaization.\"" Yiftachel's book argues th.