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Author Rabie, Kareem, 1980- author.

Title Palestine is throwing a party and the whole world is invited : capital and state building in the West Bank / Kareem Rabie
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (263 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents The site -- Developers -- Image and precedent -- Public urban planning -- Housing shortage and national priority -- Public/private partnership -- Buyers and villagers -- Capital and the shared ideological landscape -- Settlers and the land -- The state, mirroring, and shared legal frameworks
Summary "Kareem Rabie examines how Palestine's desire to fully integrate its economy into global markets through large-scale investment projects represented a shift away from political state building with the hope that a thriving economy would lead to a free and functioning Palestinian state."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Economic development projects -- West Bank
Urbanization -- West Bank
Housing development -- West Bank
Economics -- West Bank
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Economic development projects
Economic history
Economics
Housing development
Politics and government
Social conditions
Urbanization
SUBJECT West Bank -- Economic conditions
West Bank -- Social conditions
West Bank -- Politics and government
Subject West Bank
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020028900
ISBN 1478021403
9781478021407