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Author Dinero, Steven C

Title Settling for less : the planned resettlement of Israel's Negev Bedouin / Steven C. Dinero
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 222 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Space and place ; v. 3
Space and place ; v. 3.
Contents Planning in the Negev Bedouin sector -- Segev Shalom -- background and community profile -- Planning, service provision, and development in Segev Shalom -- Health and education -- Negev Bedouin identity/ies development in Segev Shalom -- The resettled Bedouin woman -- Bedouin tourism development planning in the new economy -- Segev Shalom -- a city on the edge of forever?
Summary The resettlement of the Negev Bedouin (Israel) has been wrought with controversy since its inception in the 1960s. Presenting evidence from a two-decade period, the author addresses how the changes that took place over the past sixty to seventy years have served the needs and interests of the State rather than those of Bedouin community at large. While town living fostered improvements in social and economic development, numerous unintended consequences jeopardized the success of this planning initiative. As a result, the Bedouin community endured excessive hardship and rapid change, abandonin
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Bedouins -- Israel -- Śegev Shalom
Migration, Internal -- Israel -- Negev
Planned communities -- Israel -- Śegev Shalom
Anthropology.
HISTORY -- Middle East -- Israel.
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
Bedouins
Migration, Internal
Planned communities
Bedoeïenen.
Binnenlandse migratie.
Sedentarisatie.
SUBJECT Śegev Shalom (Israel) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010039529
Subject Israel -- Negev
Israel -- Śegev Shalom
Negev.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010023964
ISBN 9781845459826
1845459822
9781845457624
1845457625
9781789201093
1789201098