Author : Michael Irving Jensen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857715747
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Political Ideology of Hamas by : Michael Irving Jensen
Download or read book The Political Ideology of Hamas written by Michael Irving Jensen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hamas is typically portrayed in the West as nothing more than a terrorist organisation. Yet as Michael Irving Jensen discovers, it also provides medical clinics, kindergartens, schools, elderly care and football training to the population of the West Bank and Gaza. Using a combination of interviews and participant observation, Jensen examines how these forms of social engagement relate to the organisation's official ideology, which is still characterised by extremism and violence. "The Political Ideology of Hamas" is the first attempt to provide a multidimensional picture of this organisation by looking at how it is perceived by the leadership, the rank-and-file, and the ordinary Palestinians who come into contact with it. By comparing the rhetoric of the leadership with the social reality, Jensen opens up new ways of understanding Islamist movements in general.