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Author Feldman, Ilana, 1969- author.

Title Police encounters : security and surveillance in Gaza under Egyptian rule / Ilana Feldman
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Contents Introduction : security society in Gaza -- Cultivating suspicion and participation -- Uses of surveillance and informing -- Reputation, investigation, and criminal interdiction -- Managing protest and public life -- Peacekeeping and international community -- Conclusion : the policing imperative
Summary Egypt came to govern Gaza as a result of a war, a failed effort to maintain Arab Palestine. Throughout the twenty years of its administration (1948-1967), Egyptian policing of Gaza concerned itself not only with crime and politics, but also with control of social and moral order. Through surveillance, interrogation, and a network of local informants, the police extended their reach across the public domain and into private life, seeing Palestinians as both security threats and vulnerable subjects who needed protection. Security practices produced suspicion and safety simultaneously. Police Enco
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 14, 2015)
Subject Police -- Gaza Strip -- History -- 20th century
Internal security -- Gaza Strip -- History -- 20th century
Police patrol -- Gaza Strip -- Surveillance operations -- History -- 20th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Internal security
Police
Police patrol -- Surveillance operations
Politics and government
SUBJECT Gaza Strip -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Egypt -- Politics and government -- 1952-1970. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041324
Subject Egypt
Gaza Strip
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2014038874
ISBN 9780804795371
0804795371
0804793956
9780804793957
0804795347
9780804795340