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The Politics of Militant Group Survival in the Middle East. Resources, Relationships, and Resistance.
Ora Szekely
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Description for The Politics of Militant Group Survival in the Middle East. Resources, Relationships, and Resistance.
Hardback. Num Pages: 330 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, 5 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 580.
This book compares the performances of four key non-state actors in the Arab-Israeli conflict ecosystem: the PLO, Hamas, Hizbullah, and Amal. It argues that it is not the assets a militant group has, but rather how it acquired them that matters in explaining the variation in these actors' abilities to militarily resist and politically recover from confrontations with far more powerful adversaries. Groups that rely on marketing campaigns to secure local support and regional patronage do far better than those that rely on coercion or even barter. The book develops a typology of organizations based on their foreign and domestic ... Read more
This book compares the performances of four key non-state actors in the Arab-Israeli conflict ecosystem: the PLO, Hamas, Hizbullah, and Amal. It argues that it is not the assets a militant group has, but rather how it acquired them that matters in explaining the variation in these actors' abilities to militarily resist and politically recover from confrontations with far more powerful adversaries. Groups that rely on marketing campaigns to secure local support and regional patronage do far better than those that rely on coercion or even barter. The book develops a typology of organizations based on their foreign and domestic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319401409
SKU
V9783319401409
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About Ora Szekely
Ora Szekely is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Clark University, USA. Her research focuses on militant group policy making and performance in the Middle East.
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