The Evolutionary Path of Hamas: Examining the Role of Political Pragmatism in State Building and Activism

Baracskay, Daniel

doi:10.1080/09546553.2013.812035

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“…As the First Intifada erupted in 1987, the Islamic Resistance Movement, better known by its acronym Hamas, was established as the armed wing of the Gaza-based branch of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. 79 Its goal was to eliminate Israel and create an Islamic state over historical Palestine. 80 In 2005 Hamas participated in elections for the first time, and in 2006 it won the legislative elections.…”

Section: Hamasmentioning

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Rebel governance during COVID-19: Describing and explaining armed groups' response to the pandemic in the Middle East

Furlan¹

2022

WIDER Working Paper

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Section: Hamasmentioning

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Rebel governance during COVID-19: Describing and explaining armed groups' response to the pandemic in the Middle East

Furlan¹

2022

WIDER Working Paper

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“…However, nuanced studies within an emergent critical scholarship have tried to account for the use of violence in the repertoires of rebel political parties. Categories such as ‘armed political organizations' (Berti 2013) to describe the activities and evolution of groups that operate simultaneously as armed groups and parties, like Hezbollah and Hamas, have explored the interplay between political participation and violence (Baracskay 2015). In this vein, an alternative conceptual framework is expressed in the idea of ‘armed politics’ (Staniland 2015; Wittig 2016), which links up with the study of complex ‘no peace, no war’ scenarios (Richards 2005).…”

Section: Politico-military Organizations Self-determination and Rebementioning

confidence: 99%

Explaining the Kurdish Democratic Union Party's Self-Governance Practices in Northern Syria, 2012–18

Ozcelik

2019

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On 17 March 2016 the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (Partîya Yekîtî ya Dêmokrat, PYD) unilaterally proclaimed the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria in three cantons, Afrin and Kobane in northern Aleppo province, and Jazira in Hassakeh. The party's ideology claims to endorse the participation of civilians and certain Arab tribes and minorities in its governance councils. However, the PYD and its armed militia, the People's Protection Units (Yekîneyên Parastina Gel, YPG), have been accused of committing human rights violations against civilians and installing one-party rule. Given its stated normative commitments and ideas on democracy, this ideology–practice gap begs the question: what factors facilitated the PYD to conform to its democratic pronouncements on power-sharing and inclusivity under certain conditions and, conversely, what factors permitted their abandonment or violation? By analysing the PYD's governance record and strategies in northern Syria between 2012 and 2018, this article argues that the PYD displayed a mix of democratic adherence and transgression in its governance practices. This has meant that the PYD engaged hybrid mechanisms of democracy-building, coercion, displacement and violence in order to consolidate territorial control and assert ideological hegemony. I argue that complex networks of local, state and third-party interests complicate Kurdish self-rule in Syria, requiring a multilevel approach to understand the interrelated challenges to democratization in the post-war transition. I identify four major types of relations that have influenced the PYD's hybrid governance practices: intra-organizational factionalism; civilian–rebel relations, especially in mixed demographic areas; international sponsors and rivals; and rebel–regime relations.

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Shrinking reconstruction space in the Gaza Strip: rebuilding after the 2021 and 2022 wars

Milton,

Elkahlout,

Attallah

2024

Conflict, Security & Development

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The Evolutionary Path of Hamas: Examining the Role of Political Pragmatism in State Building and Activism

Cited by 4 publications

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Rebel governance during COVID-19: Describing and explaining armed groups' response to the pandemic in the Middle East

Rebel governance during COVID-19: Describing and explaining armed groups' response to the pandemic in the Middle East

Explaining the Kurdish Democratic Union Party's Self-Governance Practices in Northern Syria, 2012–18

Shrinking reconstruction space in the Gaza Strip: rebuilding after the 2021 and 2022 wars

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