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In this work Parsons (politics, Massey U., New Zealand) analyzes the so-called "peace process" between the Palestinians and the Israelis from an institutional perspective. He first describes the structural constraints that circumscribed the Palestinian Liberation Organization's ability to achieve their goals through armed struggle and led them to embrace a diplomatic strategy that gave them some of the key criteria of government- in-waiting status, including an authoritative leadership, a bureaucracy, a subordinated armed force, and an acceptable national project. He then explores the governing relationship that were set up by the Oslo process, arguing that it sought to reestablish the authority of the diaspora-based Palestinian elite, but within a framework of Palestinian economic dependency and ongoing Zionist colonization of the West Bank. Parsons concludes with an analysis of the institutional failings of the Palestinian Authority prior to the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada that emphasizes its role in the accelerated colonization of the Occupied Territories. Although apparently written prior to the 2006 electoral victory of Hamas and the subsequent Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, Parsons' analysis does much to explain those events. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
