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Title Governance and security in Jerusalem : the Jerusalem Old City Initiative / edited by Tom Najem, Michael J. Molloy, Michael Bell and John Bell
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2018
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Series UCLA Center for Middle East development (CMED) ; 7
UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED) series ; 7.
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Background and Context to Governance and Security -- 1 Socio-Economic Conditions in the Old City of Jerusalem -- Section 1: Introduction -- Demographic characteristics -- Migration -- Age structure -- Population density, housing conditions and infrastructure -- Social issues -- Poverty -- Drug use and addiction -- Child abuse and neglect
Youth in distress and high school dropoutsServices for seniors -- Gender issues and family violence -- Racial, religious and national tensions -- Public health -- Economic situation -- Labor force -- Economic sectors -- National and municipal taxes -- Charitable donations as an economic engine -- Summary -- Section 2: Implications of the relocation of international agencies to Jerusalem -- Relocation of embassies -- Old City administration -- International organizations -- Tourism -- Other implications for Jerusalem -- Land and real estate
InfrastructurePlanning and development frameworks -- Section 3: Property ownership and its implications -- State lands -- Jewish-owned lands -- Church-owned lands -- Waqf and Muslim-owned lands -- Implications of land ownership for the future development of the Old City -- Section 4: Implications for heritage development -- Fragile physical environment -- Fragile human environment -- Fragile political environment -- Preservation of the Old City -- Summary and recommendations -- Notes -- References -- UN Reports, Resolutions, and Conventions
2 Conflict Resolution in the Old City, Past and FutureIntroduction -- The assumptions -- Case study 1: The British Mandate -- Case study 2: Jordanian rule (1948â#x80;#x93;1967) -- Case study 3: Post-1967 -- Between past experience and post-agreement conflict resolution -- 1. The post-1967 lawyersâ#x80;#x99; strike -- 2. Traditional dispute resolution -- 3. The Palestinian National Movement and conflict resolution -- 4. Orient House -- Life is often stronger than ideology â#x80;#x93; just donâ#x80;#x99;t get caught admitting it -- 1. Conflict management and resolution in the holy sites
2. The Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif3. Case Study 4: The Mughrabi Ascent -- 4. Conflict resolution in post-1967 Jerusalem: some tentative conclusions -- Post-final status conflict resolution in the Old City -- Maximize the conflict-resolving autonomy of both national collectives -- If itâ#x80;#x99;s not broken, donâ#x80;#x99;t fix it -- If itâ#x80;#x99;s not special, donâ#x80;#x99;t make it so -- Encourage bilateral conflict resolution -- Establish a responsible executive vested with real authority -- The authority of the administrator -- The administratorâ#x80;#x99;s accountability
Subject Jerusalem Old City Initiative.
SUBJECT Jerusalem Old City Initiative fast
Subject National security -- Jerusalem
International law
National security
Politics and government
SUBJECT Yerushalayim ha-ʿatiḳah (Jerusalem) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98071164
Jerusalem -- Politics and government
Jerusalem -- International status
Subject Middle East -- Jerusalem
Middle East -- Jerusalem -- Yerushalayim ha-ʻatiḳah
Form Electronic book
Author Najem, Tom, editor
Molloy, Michael J., editor
Bell, Michael (Ambassador), editor.
Bell, John (Diplomat), editor.
ISBN 9781317213383
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9781317213390