Rebel-to-political and back? Hamas as a security provider in Gaza between rebellion, politics and governance. Issue 6 (18th September 2016)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Rebel-to-political and back? Hamas as a security provider in Gaza between rebellion, politics and governance. Issue 6 (18th September 2016)
- Main Title:
- Rebel-to-political and back? Hamas as a security provider in Gaza between rebellion, politics and governance
- Authors:
- Berti, Benedetta
Gutiérrez, Beatriz - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: After winning the 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections and subsequently taking control of the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2007, the Palestinian Hamas – a hybrid political, social and military actor – undertook a complex process to ascertain authority and control over Gaza. The article focuses on understanding Hamas's performance as a political party and a "rebel government" as well as the impact of this newly acquired role on the group's strategy. Relying on primary sources, field-work and interviews with members of the Hamas government and its security sector, the study looks at Hamas's role as a security provider and analyses the complex relationship between the institutionalized security sector and the group's insurgent armed wing. Examining Hamas's logic as a security provider and exploring the inherent tensions between political and insurgent logics allows for a better understanding of both the rebel group's role as a political actor and the broader challenges behind the successful rebel-to-political transformations of non-state armed organizations. In doing so it contributes to the emerging literature on non-state actors' shifts between ballots and bullets and on their potential role as alternative governance providers.
- Is Part Of:
- Democratization. Volume 23:Issue 6(2016)
- Journal:
- Democratization
- Issue:
- Volume 23:Issue 6(2016)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 23, Issue 6 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 6
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0023-0006-0000
- Page Start:
- 1059
- Page End:
- 1076
- Publication Date:
- 2016-09-18
- Subjects:
- governance -- Palestine -- Gaza -- armed groups -- Hamas -- elections -- political parties -- security -- transition
Democracy -- Periodicals
Economic history -- 1990- -- Periodicals
Democratization -- Periodicals
321.8 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fdem20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/13510347.2016.1170008 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1351-0347
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- Legaldeposit
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