The invention of Palestinian citizenship, 1918-1947 /

Explores the colonial, social and political history of the creation of citizenship in mandate Palestine. In the two decades after the First World War, nationality and citizenship in Palestine became less like abstract concepts for the Arab population and more like meaningful statuses integrated into...

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Main Author: Banko, Lauren (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • Inventing the national and citizen in Palestine : Great Britain, sovereignty and the legislative context, 1918-1925
  • The notion of 'rights' and the practices of nationality and citizenship from the Palestinian Arab perspective, 1918-1925
  • The diaspora and the meanings of Palestinian citizenship, 1925-1931
  • Institutionalising citizenship : creating distinctions between Arab and Jewish Palestinian citizens, 1926-1934
  • Whose rights to citizenship? Expressions and variations of Palestinian mandate citizenship, 1926-1935
  • The Palestine revolt and stalled citizenship
  • Conclusion. The end of the experiment : discourses on citizenship at the close of the mandate.