State Building Process: The Case of Palestine

Dissertation

zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades


doctor philosophiae
(Dr. phil.)

eingereicht an

der Philosophischen Fakultät III
der Humboldt - Universität zu Berlin

von
(MPhil; Tariq Mukhimer ;

06.01.1973; Rafah, Gaza Streifen, Palästina )

Präsident der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mlynek

Dean: Dekan der Philosophischen Fakultät III
Prof. Dr. Gert-Joachim Glaeßner

Gutachter:
1. Prof. Dr. Gert-Joachim Glaeßner
2. Prof. Dr. Hellmut Wollmann

Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 13 July 2005

Table of contents

• Introduction
  • Note on the Methodology
• Chapter I: The State Theoretical Framework and Arab State
  • The Marxist Perspective versus the Weberian One
    • The 20^th Century’s State Theories
    • Towards an Advanced Definition of the State
  • State in the Arab World
    • The Post-Colonial Arab State: A state against Society
  • Rethinking the Arab State
• Chapter II: The Palestinian Autonomy  Historical Overview
  • Palestinian Autonomy under British Mandate
  • The Gaza Strip’s Autonomy under the Egyptian Rule
  • The Political Implications of West Bankers under Jordanian Rule
    • Local Government in the West Bank, Under Jordanian Rule
  • Palestinian Autonomy under Israeli Occupation
    • The 1972 Municipal Elections
    • Israel’s Policy of Non-Intervention: The Path Toward Political Mobilization
    • The 1976 Municipal Elections: PLO Factions Rise to Office
    • Palestinian Local Autonomy under the Likud Government: Toward a Bottom-Up Model
  • The First Intifada (1987-1993): Palestinians Attach Further Themselves to Grassroots Institutions
• Chapter III: Gaining Autonomy through Oslo  On the Peace, the People, and the Authority
  • The Background Behind and Rise of the PA
  • Between a Rock and a Hard Place: the PA’s Search for Legitimacy
  • The Detachment of the PA from Society: The PA against Civil Society
  • The PA Mode of Governance: Toward a Neopatrimonial System
• Chapter IV: The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) The Incomplete Democracy
  • The 1996’s Palestinian Elections
  • The PLC: Toward a Parliamentary Institution
  • The Basic Law, the Law of Judiciary, and the NGOs Law: Unsuccessful Attempts to Combat Arafat’s Neopatrimonial System
  • On the Budgetary Conflict between PLC and PA
  • PLC’s Weakness vis-à-vis PA: Factors and Conditions
  • The Tasks of Monitoring and Accountability: The PLC as Client for PA
  • PLC: Loosing Legitimacy
• Chapter V: The Oslo Autonomy A Functional Perspective
  • The Rise of the Palestinian Bureaucracy: Challenges and Parameters
    • The Palestinian Bureaucracy: Legal Dimension
  • The Palestinian Bureaucracy: Institution Building - a Functional Perspective
    • The Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH): Does it make a Difference?
    • The Palestinian Ministry of Education: A New Chapter in the Educational Life of Palestinians
    • The Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs: Ineffective Social Security Scheme
  • The Palestinian Bureaucracy: Features and Characteristics
  • The Local Government System under the PA: Toward a Client Model of Local Authority
    • The Local Government System: Electoral Perspective
    • The Local Government System: The Status Quo
    • The Local Government System: A Failed scheme for Supplying Utilities
  • The Opponents’ Para-State Institutions: Toward a Grassroots Model
    • The Islamic Society
    • El-Salah Islamic Association
    • The Friends of Martyrs Society
    • Union of Heath Work Committees (UHWC)
• Chapter VI: The Al-Aqsa intifada The Struggle for Reform
  • The Reform: Between a Palestinian Vision and an American-Israeli One
  • Reform: Arafat’s Bow to the “Winds”
  • Abbas' Government: Between the Palestinian and Israeli Traps
  • The “Political Map” of Sharon: Israel’s Separation Wall
  • Qrieh's Government: In Line with Arafat’s Will
  • Sharon’s Unilateral Steps: Towards the Gaza Disengagement Plan
  • The PA: Loosing Authority
  • After Arafat’s Departure
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgement
• GLOSSARY
• Bibliography
• Declaration