Oded (Ph.D. Toronto 2004) has been teaching at Queen’s since July 2004. He specializes in the politics of ethnicity and nationalism, the politics of the Middle East and Israel, and Palestinian-Jewish relations. He is currently involved in a number of research projects focusing on ethnicity and the state, including the political mobilization of the Jewish settlers movement in Israel and the West Bank and the mobilization of the Palestinian citizens of Israel. Haklai is collaborating on a number of projects. His co-edited volume with Miriam Elman and Hendrik Spruyt, entitled Democracy and Conflict: the Dilemmas of Israel's Peacemaking, is scheduled for publication in the spring of 2013.
This book provides theoretical and empirical analyses of the settlers-in-contested-lands phenomen... more This book provides theoretical and empirical analyses of the settlers-in-contested-lands phenomenon, explaining its origins, purpose, variable manifestations, and consequences. Settlers are a common feature of many conflicts over contested lands around the globe. This book introduces a novel definition of settlements as a political action involving the organized movement of a population belonging to one national group into a territory to create a permanent presence and influence the patterns of sovereignty in the settled territory. Following an innovative theoretical framework that provides analytical tools for comparative inquiry, the various chapters examine relevant cases from diverse parts of the world, including Israel–West Bank, Morocco–Western Sahara, Italy-Libya, Indonesia–East Timor, Iraq in Kirkuk, Sri Lanka, and Turkey–Northern Cyprus. The comparison of the cases reveals important common patterns. Among other things, the authors observe the important relationships between demography, territory, and governance. Settlers are a means used by a sending state to alter the demographics in a disputed territory so as to bolster its claim (or the claim of its ethno-kin) to ownership. Many times, the settlers are accompanied by bureaucratic institutions into which they are incorporated as a governing apparatus. In many cases, attachment to the territory is premised on a putative national claim. Concomitantly, the comparison also reveals important distinctions in settler experiences, settler commitment to the settlement project, and levels of settler politicization and capacity to mobilize independently of the state. These differences may have important consequences for conflict resolution.
This book provides theoretical and empirical analyses of the settlers-in-contested-lands phenomen... more This book provides theoretical and empirical analyses of the settlers-in-contested-lands phenomenon, explaining its origins, purpose, variable manifestations, and consequences. Settlers are a common feature of many conflicts over contested lands around the globe. This book introduces a novel definition of settlements as a political action involving the organized movement of a population belonging to one national group into a territory to create a permanent presence and influence the patterns of sovereignty in the settled territory. Following an innovative theoretical framework that provides analytical tools for comparative inquiry, the various chapters examine relevant cases from diverse parts of the world, including Israel–West Bank, Morocco–Western Sahara, Italy-Libya, Indonesia–East Timor, Iraq in Kirkuk, Sri Lanka, and Turkey–Northern Cyprus. The comparison of the cases reveals important common patterns. Among other things, the authors observe the important relationships between...
Using the contested theory of "democratic peace" as a foundational framework, the contr... more Using the contested theory of "democratic peace" as a foundational framework, the contributors explore the effects of a variety of internal influences on Israeli government practices related to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking: electoral systems; political parties; identity; leadership; and social movements.
The Strelitz Lectureship was established at the Moshe Dayan Center to bring to Tel Aviv Universit... more The Strelitz Lectureship was established at the Moshe Dayan Center to bring to Tel Aviv University some of the leading figures in the world of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies. The late Joseph (Buddy) Strelitz and his family, of Norfolk, Virginia, were closely involved with the work of the Shiloah Institute and the Moshe Dayan Center, as part of their association with and support of Tel Aviv University.
Using the contested theory of "democratic peace" as a foundational framework, the contr... more Using the contested theory of "democratic peace" as a foundational framework, the contributors explore the effects of a variety of internal influences on Israeli government practices related to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking: electoral systems; political parties; identity; leadership; and social movements.
1. Democratization and Ethnic Minorities Jacques Bertrand and Oded Haklai 2. Regime Transition an... more 1. Democratization and Ethnic Minorities Jacques Bertrand and Oded Haklai 2. Regime Transition and the Emergence of Ethnic Democracies Oded Haklai 3. Ethnic Party Bans in Africa: Can Party Regulation Create National Parties? Matthijs Bogaards, Sebastian Elischer, and Anika Becher 4. Agenda Control, Nationalist Politics and Constitutional Settlements in Democratizing Divided Societies: Spain and Czechoslovakia Simon Toubeau 5. Democratization and Ethnic Violence in Kenya: Electoral Cycles and Shifting Identities Gabrielle Lynch and David M. Anderson 6. Democratization and Determinants of Ethnic Violence: The Rebel-Moderate Organizational Nexus Jacques Bertrand and Sanjay Jeram 7. Democratization and Recognition of Difference in a Chinese Society: the Taiwanese Experience Andre Laliberte 8. Ethnically Based Redistributive Policies in Democratizing Bipolar States Brian Shoup 9. The Long Road toward Kurdish Accommodation in Turkey: The Role of Elections and International Pressures David Romano 10. Conclusion Jacques Bertrand and Oded Haklai
ABSTRACT. This article argues that the world is in the midst of a long-term transition from domin... more ABSTRACT. This article argues that the world is in the midst of a long-term transition from dominant minority to dominant majority ethnicity. Whereas minority domination was common in premodern societies, modernity (with its accent on democracy and popular sovereignty) has engendered a shift to dominant majority ethnicity. The article begins with conceptual clarifications. The second section provides a broad overview of the general patterns of ethnic dominance that derive from the logic of modern nationalism and democratisation. The third section discusses remnants of dominant minorities in the modern era and suggests that their survival hinges on peculiar historical and social circumstances coupled with resistance to democratisation. The fourth section shifts the focus to dominant majorities in the modern era and their relationship to national identities. The article ends with a discussion of the fortunes of dominant ethnicity in the West.
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 01419870802270917, Apr 30, 2009
... Gidron, Benjamin, Bar, Michal and Katz, Hagai. 2004. ... National Committee For The Heads Of ... more ... Gidron, Benjamin, Bar, Michal and Katz, Hagai. 2004. ... National Committee For The Heads Of The Arab Local Authorities In Israel 2006 The Future Vision of the Palestinian Arabs in Israel , Nazareth : NCHALA View all references). ...
This book provides theoretical and empirical analyses of the settlers-in-contested-lands phenomen... more This book provides theoretical and empirical analyses of the settlers-in-contested-lands phenomenon, explaining its origins, purpose, variable manifestations, and consequences. Settlers are a common feature of many conflicts over contested lands around the globe. This book introduces a novel definition of settlements as a political action involving the organized movement of a population belonging to one national group into a territory to create a permanent presence and influence the patterns of sovereignty in the settled territory. Following an innovative theoretical framework that provides analytical tools for comparative inquiry, the various chapters examine relevant cases from diverse parts of the world, including Israel–West Bank, Morocco–Western Sahara, Italy-Libya, Indonesia–East Timor, Iraq in Kirkuk, Sri Lanka, and Turkey–Northern Cyprus. The comparison of the cases reveals important common patterns. Among other things, the authors observe the important relationships between demography, territory, and governance. Settlers are a means used by a sending state to alter the demographics in a disputed territory so as to bolster its claim (or the claim of its ethno-kin) to ownership. Many times, the settlers are accompanied by bureaucratic institutions into which they are incorporated as a governing apparatus. In many cases, attachment to the territory is premised on a putative national claim. Concomitantly, the comparison also reveals important distinctions in settler experiences, settler commitment to the settlement project, and levels of settler politicization and capacity to mobilize independently of the state. These differences may have important consequences for conflict resolution.
This book provides theoretical and empirical analyses of the settlers-in-contested-lands phenomen... more This book provides theoretical and empirical analyses of the settlers-in-contested-lands phenomenon, explaining its origins, purpose, variable manifestations, and consequences. Settlers are a common feature of many conflicts over contested lands around the globe. This book introduces a novel definition of settlements as a political action involving the organized movement of a population belonging to one national group into a territory to create a permanent presence and influence the patterns of sovereignty in the settled territory. Following an innovative theoretical framework that provides analytical tools for comparative inquiry, the various chapters examine relevant cases from diverse parts of the world, including Israel–West Bank, Morocco–Western Sahara, Italy-Libya, Indonesia–East Timor, Iraq in Kirkuk, Sri Lanka, and Turkey–Northern Cyprus. The comparison of the cases reveals important common patterns. Among other things, the authors observe the important relationships between...
Using the contested theory of "democratic peace" as a foundational framework, the contr... more Using the contested theory of "democratic peace" as a foundational framework, the contributors explore the effects of a variety of internal influences on Israeli government practices related to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking: electoral systems; political parties; identity; leadership; and social movements.
The Strelitz Lectureship was established at the Moshe Dayan Center to bring to Tel Aviv Universit... more The Strelitz Lectureship was established at the Moshe Dayan Center to bring to Tel Aviv University some of the leading figures in the world of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies. The late Joseph (Buddy) Strelitz and his family, of Norfolk, Virginia, were closely involved with the work of the Shiloah Institute and the Moshe Dayan Center, as part of their association with and support of Tel Aviv University.
Using the contested theory of "democratic peace" as a foundational framework, the contr... more Using the contested theory of "democratic peace" as a foundational framework, the contributors explore the effects of a variety of internal influences on Israeli government practices related to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking: electoral systems; political parties; identity; leadership; and social movements.
1. Democratization and Ethnic Minorities Jacques Bertrand and Oded Haklai 2. Regime Transition an... more 1. Democratization and Ethnic Minorities Jacques Bertrand and Oded Haklai 2. Regime Transition and the Emergence of Ethnic Democracies Oded Haklai 3. Ethnic Party Bans in Africa: Can Party Regulation Create National Parties? Matthijs Bogaards, Sebastian Elischer, and Anika Becher 4. Agenda Control, Nationalist Politics and Constitutional Settlements in Democratizing Divided Societies: Spain and Czechoslovakia Simon Toubeau 5. Democratization and Ethnic Violence in Kenya: Electoral Cycles and Shifting Identities Gabrielle Lynch and David M. Anderson 6. Democratization and Determinants of Ethnic Violence: The Rebel-Moderate Organizational Nexus Jacques Bertrand and Sanjay Jeram 7. Democratization and Recognition of Difference in a Chinese Society: the Taiwanese Experience Andre Laliberte 8. Ethnically Based Redistributive Policies in Democratizing Bipolar States Brian Shoup 9. The Long Road toward Kurdish Accommodation in Turkey: The Role of Elections and International Pressures David Romano 10. Conclusion Jacques Bertrand and Oded Haklai
ABSTRACT. This article argues that the world is in the midst of a long-term transition from domin... more ABSTRACT. This article argues that the world is in the midst of a long-term transition from dominant minority to dominant majority ethnicity. Whereas minority domination was common in premodern societies, modernity (with its accent on democracy and popular sovereignty) has engendered a shift to dominant majority ethnicity. The article begins with conceptual clarifications. The second section provides a broad overview of the general patterns of ethnic dominance that derive from the logic of modern nationalism and democratisation. The third section discusses remnants of dominant minorities in the modern era and suggests that their survival hinges on peculiar historical and social circumstances coupled with resistance to democratisation. The fourth section shifts the focus to dominant majorities in the modern era and their relationship to national identities. The article ends with a discussion of the fortunes of dominant ethnicity in the West.
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 01419870802270917, Apr 30, 2009
... Gidron, Benjamin, Bar, Michal and Katz, Hagai. 2004. ... National Committee For The Heads Of ... more ... Gidron, Benjamin, Bar, Michal and Katz, Hagai. 2004. ... National Committee For The Heads Of The Arab Local Authorities In Israel 2006 The Future Vision of the Palestinian Arabs in Israel , Nazareth : NCHALA View all references). ...
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, 2006
Structuring Conflict in the Arab World: Incumbents, Opponents, and Institutions, Ellen Lust-Okar,... more Structuring Conflict in the Arab World: Incumbents, Opponents, and Institutions, Ellen Lust-Okar, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. 279.For a very long time, the scholarship on Middle Eastern politics has suffered from scarce use of the analytical tools provided by the field of comparative politics. The result has too often been descriptive research in the anthropological style. Such studies lacked the rigour necessary for providing cumulative knowledge and theoretical insight. In recent years, however, an increasing number of scholars have been recognizing the value of complementing their in-depth knowledge of the region with appropriate social science theories. New theoretically oriented scholarship—produced by Mark Tessler (Area Study and Social Science, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999), Carrie Wickham Rosefsky (Mobilizing Islam, New York: Columbia University Press, 2002), Quintan Wikorowitcz (Islamic Activism, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 200...
Page 1. Page 2. Palestinian Ethnonationalism in Israel Page 3. NATIONAL AND ETHNIC CONFLICT IN TH... more Page 1. Page 2. Palestinian Ethnonationalism in Israel Page 3. NATIONAL AND ETHNIC CONFLICT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Brendan O'Leary, Series Editor Page 4. PALESTINIAN ETHNONATIONALISM IN ISRAEL ...
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