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"This book examines transnational civil-society-based democracy-promoting resistance activities in Asia in a global era, focusing on the cases of Myanmar and Palestine. The work contributes to our understanding of the nexus between globalization, power and democracy by examining: (i) the ways in which globalization/global governance are influencing various resistance practices of the civil societies in Myanmar and Palestine, and what this means for local democracy promotion; and (ii) the ways in which these two civil societies influence and have a democracy-promoting impact on their respective communities. It is guided by the overarching question of how civil-society-based resistance contributes to local democracy in Myanmar and Palestine. The book is structured as follows: both civil resistance cases begin with an overview of each country's non-violent resistance history, and the findings are then presented for the two cases, i.e., the pro-democracy movements in the Saffron uprising in Myanmar and the Bil'in village struggle against the Israeli Security Barrier plans to build through their farmlands. Then follows a presentation of the life-story interview made with two members from the respective campaigns. A concluding chapter proposes some new theoretical insights for how civil resistance can impact on democracy. The book empirically and theoretically contributes to our understanding of how civil-society-based resistance and democracy interrelate in a global era. This book will be of much interest to students of civil resistance, democracy, Asian Studies, Middle Eastern Studies and International Relations in general"--

Hamas under the loupe -- Theoretical frame of the study -- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict context -- Ideology and the charters of Hamas -- Hamas' policy outcomes -- The political oppositions to Hamas -- Public opinion and Hamas -- Hamas' and Israel's enmities relation -- Hamas and international relations -- Conclusion.

The purpose of this article is to analyse the EU's security sector reform (SSR) in the Palestinian self-rule areas. The main focus is on how it has contributed to strengthening the general security situation, and in particular human security that is, the safety of individual Palestinians. In other words, the focus is not the EU's own security concern in its so-called neighbourhood (North Arica and the Middle East), but rather whether the objectives of the SSR were achieved and what the security implications are or Palestinian society as well as or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at large. Adapted from the source document.

This study has examined Palestinians' readiness to compromise over the key issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In contrast to existing opinion poll results the claim that Palestinians support a territorial compromise over historical Palestine, this study indicates a radicalization of Palestinian atti- tudes. Four survey studies, conducted in 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2009, reveal that Palestinian support for a two-state solution have decreased at the ex- pense of an increased preference for an Islamic state in the whole of histori- cal Palestine. Also, Palestinians do not believe that peace with Israel can be achieved in the near future, and are ready to continue their struggle against Israeli occupation in the West Bank. The study also reveals that Palestinians are becoming increasingly isolated and hence less exposed to alternative strategies in the conflict with Israel. These attitudinal changes follow the negative developments in the peace process and the violence that erupted between Israelis and Palestinians in September 2000. Consequently, the lack of current public pressure on the Palestinian leadership to find a political compromise with Israel risks continued deadlock in the conflict. These changes also partly explain why Palestinians voted the Hamas movement into power in the January 2006 election.Key words: Israeli-Palestinian conflict, compromise, public opinion, peace process, violence