Seeking Mandela: Peacemaking Between Israelis And Palestinians (Politics History & Social Chan) - Softcover

Adam, Heribert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592133967 ISBN 13: 9781592133963

Publisher: Temple University Press, 2005

Synopsis

The ongoing violence, despair and paralysis in Israel/Palestine resembles a similar gloomy mood in South Africa during the late 1980s. Analogies with the South African case are increasingly applied to Israel/Palestine for two different purposes: to showcase South Africa as an inspiring model for a negotiated settlement and to label Israel a colonial settler state that should be confronted with similar strategies (sanctions, boycott) as applied against the apartheid regime. Both assumptions are problematic, because of the different historical and socio-political contexts. Peacemaking resulted in an inclusive democracy in South Africa, while territorial separation in two states is widely hailed as the solution in Israel/Palestine. However, a viable Palestinian state is undermined by Jewish settler expansionism and separation barriers on occupied land.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Lessons from South Africa for the unresolved Israeli-Palestinian conflict

About the Author:

Born in Germany and educated at the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, Professor Adam has been teaching political sociology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver since 1968. He has published extensively on ethnic conflicts and nationalism, particularly socio-political developments in South Africa. He was awarded the 1998 Konrad Adenauer Prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Kogila Moodley is Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia and was the first holder of the David Lam Chair. Raised in the Indian community of apartheid South Africa, she moved to Canada in 1968, with her research focused on critical multiculturalism, anti-racism education, comparative ethnic relations, and citizenship. She has served as President of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Ethnic, Minority and Race Relations (1998-2002).

About this edition

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1592133967
• ISBN 13: 9781592133963
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248