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020			_a978-0691124483 (alk. paper)
020			_a0691124485 (alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aHV 6433 _b.P25 R69 2011
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100	1		_aRoy, Sara M.
245	1	0	_aHamas and civil society in Gaza: _bEngaging the Islamist social sector. _cSara Roy.
260			_aPrinceton, N.J. : _bPrinceton University Press, _cc2011.
300			_axvii, 319 p. : _bmaps ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aPrinceton studies in Muslim politics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-307) and index.
520			_a"Many in the United States and Israel believe that Hamas is nothing but a terrorist organization, and that its social sector serves merely to recruit new supporters for its violent agenda. Based on Sara Roy's extensive fieldwork in the Gaza Strip and West Bank during the critical period of the Oslo peace process, Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza shows how the social service activities sponsored by the Islamist group emphasized not political violence but rather community development and civic restoration. Roy demonstrates how Islamic social institutions in Gaza and the West Bank advocated a moderate approach to change that valued order and stability, not disorder and instability; were less dogmatically Islamic than is often assumed; and served people who had a range of political outlooks and no history of acting collectively in support of radical Islam. These institutions attempted to create civic communities, not religious congregations. They reflected a deep commitment to stimulate a social, cultural, and moral renewal of the Muslim community, one couched not only--or even primarily--in religious terms. Vividly illustrating Hamas's unrecognized potential for moderation, accommodation, and change, Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza also traces critical developments in Hamas's social and political sectors through the Second Intifada to today, and offers an assessment of the current, more adverse situation in the occupied territories. The Oslo period held great promise that has since been squandered. This book argues for more enlightened policies by the United States and Israel, ones that reflect Hamas's proven record of nonviolent community building"--
520			_a"Unlike other books on Hamas this study examines Hamas's social service sector with a focus on the Oslo period. It analyzes the nature of Islamist social sector activities, the successes and failures of Islamist social activism and mobilization and argues that the ethos of civic engagement that defined Hamas's social sector acted as a viable and powerful alternative to militancy and political violence"--
610	2	0	_aḤarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah _xPolitical aspects _zGaza Strip.
610	2	0	_aḤarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah _xSocial aspects _zGaza Strip.
610	2	0	_aJāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah (Gaza)
650		0	_aArab-Israeli conflict.
650		0	_aIslamic fundamentalism _zGaza Strip.
830		0	_aPrinceton studies in Muslim politics.
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