Political Ideology of Hamas, The
：A Grassroots Perspective
Publication subTitle ：A Grassroots Perspective
Author： Jensen Michael Irving
Publisher： I.B.Tauris
Publication year： 2008
E-ISBN: 9780857715746
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781845110598
Subject： D815.4 Middle East and the question of Palestine
Keyword： 政治理论,外交、国际关系
Language： ENG
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Description
Hamas is typically portrayed in the West as nothing more than a terrorist organisation. Yet as Michael Irving Jensen discovers, it also provides medical clinics, kindergartens, schools, elderly care and football training to the population of the West Bank and Gaza. Using a combination of interviews and participant observation, Jensen examines how these forms of social engagement relate to the organisation's official ideology, which is still characterised by extremism and violence. The Political Ideology of Hamas is the first attempt to provide a multidimensional picture of this organisation by looking at how it is perceived by the leadership, the rank-and-file, and the ordinary Palestinians who come into contact with it. By comparing the rhetoric of the leadership with the social reality, Jensen opens up new ways of understanding Islamist movements in general._x000D__x000D_'There are few other texts available in English that look into the social side of Hamas to any degree, and none that I know of that do so in this detail...well researched.' - Glen Rangwala, University of Cambridge _x000D_
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