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| Title: | Media Politics & Democracy in Palestine
: Political Culture, Pluralism & the Palestinian Authority |
| Author: | Amal Jamal |
| ISBN: | 1845190394 : 9781845190392 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 152x229mm |
| Pages: | 210 |
| Weight: | .462 Kg. |
| Published: | Sussex Academic Press - April 2005 |
| List Price: | 47.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Media studies: Political structures: democracy: Palestine |
In opposition to the PA, liberal as well as Islamic social forces promote policies of protest and resistance, through media tools, against the authoritarian policies of the PA. The media is viewed as a public sphere in which these forces compete. Media institutions play an important role in setting the parameters of communication in processes of state building: promoting public debate and forming public spheres influence the modes of state–civil society relations. Combining concepts of political communication with social movement theory, the author examines the extent to which public opinion plays a role in determining the character of the political regime. The rising tension between the Palestinian Authority’s attempts to deepen its control over society and the reaction to this development by opposition groups informs the analysis of each civil institution: the role of NGOs, the Islamic movement, the women’s movement and Palestinian feminism, and the liberal-democratic intellectual elite, are all assessed through their media institutions and communication policies, to reveal the character of the emerging Palestinian public sphere.
Introduction: State Formation, Symbolic Power and Political Hegemony; Institutionalising the Political System and the Politics of Control; Deconstructing Autocracy: NGOs and the Politics of Contention; The Constitutive National Press: Mechanisms of the Palestinian Media Regime; The Deconstruction of Gender Regime: The Women’s Movements and the Predicament of Equal Citizenship; Framing Authenticity: Religious Discourse and the Islamist Media; Conclusion: Occupation, State Formation and Democratic Prospects; Index.
"An impressive, thoughtful, and well-documented study of the complexities of Palestinian politics in the last decade. It is a pioneering study reflecting on the plural character of the Palestinian public sphere and the attempts of social movements and the media to influence the process of state-building." -- Prof. Shaul Mishal (Department of Political Science, Tel Aviv University), co-author of Investment in Peace: The Politics of Economic Cooperation Between Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians. "Amal Jamal's penetrating critique of the political system that is emerging since the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in 1994 emphasizes the struggle by important social movements to achieve autonomy, curb the authoritarian tendencies of the elite, and counter the overwhelming power wielded by Israel. He provides a nuanced analysis of the roles of the media, NGOs, the women's movement, and the Islamists in this ongoing struggle to define and enlarge the public sphere." -- Ann M. Lesch, Professor of Political Science and Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, American University in Cairo, and author of Political Perceptions of the Palestinians on the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
