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Muwatin's current program is focused on a series of publications each with its own targeted readership.

 

  1. The "Research and Studies" series involves in-depth exploration of issues generated by the democratic process at the theoretical level, in addition to specific case studies.

  2. The "Occasional Papers" series offers shorter research papers that will be oriented more to the analysis of particular issues.

  3. The "Critical Interventions" series is partially based on the ongoing symposia series held by the Institute. It aims at initiating and encouraging debate on critical issues facing democratic transformation in the Palestinian and Arab contexts.

  4. The "Foundations of Democracy" series is aimed at the university student and the general public and seeks to provide an extended treatment of both key democratic concepts and basic constituents of democratic systems. Seven books in the series have already been published.

  5. The "Elements of Democracy" series is aimed at high school students in their junior and senior years, as well as the general public. The series aims to introduce basic principles of democracy in a systematic and clear manner thus leading to the understanding of such principles as the rule of law, the division of powers, citizenship etc. This series is linked to a series of workshops in which teachers from the public and private school systems participate who subsequently introduce these booklets into their schools.

  6. The “Palestinian Histories” series, which is the sixth of Muwatin’s publication series, aims at introducing the reader to specific and various aspects of the Palestinian experience, particularly that of the Diaspora. Narrative accounts of this experience gain great importance, especially if it surpasses plain research to draw a vital portrayal of the Palestinian reality in its lived dimensions. These narratives cover at least selected aspects of it, whether it is the experience of resistance in Jordan; the life experience in Al-Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria or in Lebanon’s refugee camps; the Civil War and the “Camps War” in Lebanon; or the establishment of the PLO in the midst of the Arab conflicts and the several attempts to usurp the autonomy of Palestinian decision-making.
    The vast majority of the populace in Palestine, including the Palestinians of 1948, are not familiar with the experiences of the Diaspora in its various political, social or psychological dimensions, while at the same time, the Palestinians of the Diaspora did not experience the life of Palestinians under Israeli occupation or within 1948.
    Bridging this experiential gap between the various sectors of the Palestinian populace in all its locations is one of the basic goals of this series.

  7. The “Periodical Reports” series consists of policy-oriented papers offering critical assessments of specific issues with concrete recommendations for reform. Some of the issues covered in these reports include the electoral law of Palestine, the legal status of Presidential decrees, the role of Ministries during the Intifada, and an evaluation of the first four years of the PLC.

     

    * In addition Muwatin publishes a bi-monthly newsletter "Parliamentary Horizons". Parliamentary Horizons is a critical analytical bi-monthly newsletter focusing on the work of the Palestinian Legislative Council, as well as other representative bodies, such as municipalities, local councils, and the Palestine National Council, and their role under changing circumstances, and their impact on public issues.


PUBLICATIONS

(All publications are in Arabic unless otherwise stated)

The Master Thesis Series

  1. Nadia Abu Zahir: "Civil Society" Between the Descriptive and the Normative: Deconstructing a Conceptual Muddle. 2008

  2. Samer Irshaid: The PNA and Fatah: The Impact of Oslo and the Second Intifada. 2007

  3. Khald O'datalla: Critique and Revolution: A Study of Ali Shariati's Social Critique. 2007

     

The Research and Studies Series

  1. Azmi Bishara: On The Arab Question: An Introduction to an Arab Democratic Manifesto 2008

  2. Tafeeda Jarbawi and Khalil Nakhleh: Empowering Future Generations Palestinian Education under Oppressive Conditions. 2008

  3. Raja Bahlul: Contemporary Islamic Views on Democracy. 2007

  4. Jamil Hilal (ed.,). Where Now for Palestine? The Demise of the Two-State Solution. 2007

  5. Jamil Hilal: The Palestinian Political System after Oslo, A critical Assessment. 2006

  6. Johnny Assi: Theories of Transition to Democracy Reconsidering the Transition Paradigm. 2006

  7. Jamil Hilal: The Palestinian Middle Class (A Research into the Confusion of Identity Authority and Culture. 2006

  8. Helga Baumgarten: from Liberation to the State: History of the Palestinian National Movement 1948 - 1988. 2006

  9. Faysal Darraj: Modernity in Retreat on Taha Hussein and Adonis. 2005

  10. Sari Hanafi and Linda Tabar: The Emergence of Palestinian Globalized Elite. 2005

  11. Azmi Bishara: From the Jewish State to Sharon. 2005

  12. Salim Tamari: The Mountain against the Sea, Studies in Palestinian Urban Culture and Social History.  2005

  13. Khalil Nakhleh: The Myth of Palestinian Development Political Aid and sustainable Deceit. 2004

  14. Faisal Hourany: Roots of Palestinian Rejection 1918-1948.  2004

  15. Nidal Sabri: Palestinian Public Sector.  2003

  16. Jamil Hilal: The Formation of the Palestinian Economic and Political Elite, A Brief Overview. 2001

  17. Sari Hanafi:  Here and There, Toward an Analysis of the Relationship between the Palestinian Diaspora and the Center. 2001.

  18. Raja Bahlul:  Theocratic State, Secular State: On the Relation between Democracy and Secularism. 2000

  19. Imad Ghayathah:  The Palestinian Student Movement: Practice and Efficacy. 2000

  20. Structural Transformations in Palestinian Political Life and Prospects for Change. Procedings of the 4th Annual Muwatin conference (22-23 October 1998, Ramallah). 1999

  21. Nader Sa’id:  The Elections of the Palestinian Legislative Council and their Ramifications for the Participation of Women in Local Elections. 1999

  22. George Giacaman and Dag J?rund L?nning (Eds.):  After Oslo: New Realities, Old Problems. London: Pluto Press, 1998 (English)

  23. Liberation, Democratization and Transitions to Statehood in the Third World. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Muwatin Conference (Ramallah, November 7-8, 1997). 1998 (Arabic, English, French)

  24. Jamil Hilal: The Palestinian Political Order after Oslo: a Critical Analytical Study. 1998

  25. Raja Bahlul: Women and Issues of Democracy in Liberal Feminist Thought. 1998

  26. Muhammad Yaqoub:  The Problematic of Culture and Democracy. 1997

  27. Impediments to Democratic Change in the Arab World. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Muwatin Conference (Cairo, February 29 – March 3, 1996). 1997

  28. Sari Hanafi: Between Two Worlds: Palestinian Businessmen in Exile and the Construction of a Palestinian Polity. 1997

  29. Azmi Bishara: A Contribution to the Critique of Civil Society. 1996

  30. Burhan Ghalioun, Azmi Bishara, George Giacaman, and Said Zeedani:  On the Democratic Option: Four Critical Studies. Re-published by the Center for Arab Unity Studies, Lebanon, 1993


The Occasional Papers Series

  1. Sameeh Shbeeb (ed): Studies in the Media (2). 2005

  2. Sameeh Shbeeb (ed): Studies in the Media . 2003

  3. Basim Ezbidi: Palestinian Political Culture.  2003

  4. Khalil Athamneh: Civic Transformation and Relation to the State in the Arab-Islamic Society, AD 7th-11th. 2002

  5. Samih Shbeeb:  The Palestinian Press in the Diaspora, 1965-1995: An Introduction. 2001

  6. Milton Fisk:  How to Survive in a Global Economy with Dignity: The Battle for Public Goods. 2001 (Arabic & English)

  7. Taleb Awad:  Democratic Transformation in Jordan: 1989-1999. 2000

  8. Khawla Shakhshir: Gender and Equality in Palestinian Non-Curricular Activity. 2000

  9. Ali Jarbawi:  Legal Structures and the Transition to Democracy in Palestine. 1999

  10. Muhammed Khaled al-Az’ar:  The Political System and Democratic Transformation in Palestine. 1996


The Critical Interventions Series

  1. Daoud Talhami: The Left and the Socialist Alternative: A Reading in Past Experiences and Present Potentialies. 2008

  2. Azmi Bishara: The failure of Scientific Judgments in Consolidating Faith. 2007

  3. William Nassar: Democracy and Elections and the Palestinian Case. 2006

  4. Ala`a Azzeh and Toufic Haddad: Towards a New Internationalism Readings in Globalization, the Global Justice Movement and Palestinian Liberation.  2006

  5. Hussein Agha and Ahmad S. Khalidi: A Framework for a Palestinian National Security Doctrine. 2006

  6. Talb Awad and Sameeh Shbeeb: The Internal Democracy of the Palestinian Political Parties. 2006

  7. Jamil Hilal: Palestinian Political Organizations. 2006

  8. Faysal Hourany: Tunes of the Local Piper 2006

  9. Jamil Hilal: Palestinian Political Organizations 2006

  10. Zakaria Mohammed: The Korean Monk. 2005

  11. Najeh Shaheen: Palestinian Higher Education – A Critical look. 2004

  12. William Nassar: An Exemplary Constitution for Palestine. 2004 

  13. Azmi Bishara: Theses on a Deferred Awakening.  2003.

  14. Zakaria Mohammad: The Rooster at Manara Square: Critical Reflections on Politics and Culture. 2003.

  15. Azmi Bishara: In the Wake of the Israeli Invasion: Issues of Palestinian National Strategy.  2002.

  16. Zakaria Mohammad: On Palestinian Culture.  2002

  17. Azmi Bishara: The Site of Meaning: Essays from the First Year of the Intifada. 2002

  18. The Palestinian Women’s Movement: Problematics of Democratic Transformation and Future Strategies. Proceedings of the 5th Annual Muwatin Conference held in Ramallah in cooperation with the Women’s Studies Institute, Birzeit University (Ramallah, 17-18 December 1999). 2000

  19. Majdi Al Malki (ed.):  The Palestinian Student Movement and the Tasks of the Current Period. 2000

  20. Walid Salem: The National Democratic Question in Palestine. 2000

  21. Ali Jaradat: The Palestinian Left: The Defeat of Democracy. 1999

  22. Azmi Bishara: The Ruptured Political Discourse and other Studies. 1998

  23. Pluralism and Democracy: The Crisis of the Palestinian Political Party. Proceedings of the 1st Annual Muwatin conference (Ramallah, November 24, 1995). 1996

  24. Ziad Abu-Amr, with a Critical Commentary by Ali Jarbawi and Azmi Bishara:  Civil Society and Democratic Change in Palestinian Society. 1995

  25. Musa Budeiri, Jamil Hilal, George Giacaman, and Azmi Bishara:  A Critical Perspective on Palestinian Democracy. 1995

  26. Izzat Abdul-Hadi, Usama Halabi, and Salim Tamari:  National Institutions, Elections, the Public, and the State. 1994

  27. Ruba Husary, Ali al-Khalili, and Bassam Salhi:  The Palestinian Press: Between the Past and the Future. 1994



The Palestinian Histories Series
Series Editor: Zakaria Muhammad

  1. Aysheh Odeh: Dream of Freedom. Second Edition, Revised.  2007

  2. Iyad al-Riyahi: The Organizational  Realities of the Palestinian  Prisoners Movement,A Comparative Study  1988 - 2004. 2007

  3. Mamdouh Nofal: Magdousheh: the Story of the War Against the Refugee Camps in Lebanon 2006

  4. Aysheh Odeh: Dream of Freedom. 2004

  5. Waleed Duqa (ed): Testimonies of Resistance, The Battle for Jenin Camp 2002.

  6. Zuhair Jaza’iri: Diary of a Witness to War. 2001

  7. Faisal Hourani: Pathways of Exile (Part IV): Sweeping Towards Defeat, a Testimony. 2001

  8. Mamdouh Nofal: The Search for State. 2000


The Periodical Reports Series

  1. Hihad Harb: Towards Developing Bye Laws for the Palestinian Legislative Council.  2006

  2. Ahmad Majdalani & Taleb Awad: The Palestinian Electoral System: An Analysis of its Possible Impact on Elections. 2004

  3. Sanaa A. Obeidat:  Presidential Decrees: A Critical Analysis. 2001

  4. Jamil Hilal, Azmi Shuaibi, Ali Jarbawi, George Giacaman, Ammar Dwaik:  Toward an Electoral System for the Democratic State of Palestine. 2001


The Foundations of Democracy Series
Series Editor: Dr. George Giacaman.

  1. Rizeq Shuqair. Civil Liberties Under States of Emergency. 1997

  2. Raja Bahlul:  Education and Democracy. 1997

  3. Manar Shorbaji: Democracy and Women's Rights. 1996

  4. Jamil Hilal:  The State and Democracy. 1996

  5. Usama Halabi: The Rule of Law. 1995

  6. Fateh S. Azzam: Political Rights and the Practice of Democracy. 1995

  7. Halim Barakat:  Democracy and Social Justice. 1995


The Elements of Democracy Series
Series Editor: Dr. Azmi Bishara. Educational Consultant: Dr. Maher Hashweh. Text Writer: Mr. Nabil Saleh

  1. Media and Democracy. 1999

  2. Unionization. 1997

  3. Political Culture. 1997

  4. Pluralism and Tolerance. 1996

  5. Civil Liberties. 1996

  6. Accountability. 1996

  7. The Legislative Process. 1996

  8. Freedom of Expression. 1996

  9. The Principle of Elections and its Applications. 1996

  10. The Rule of Law. 1995

  11. The Separation of Powers. 1995

  12. What is Citizenship? 1994


Parliamentary Horizons
Parliamentary Horizons is a critical analytical bi-monthly newsletter focusing on the work of the Palestinian Legislative Council, as well as other representative bodies, such as municipalities, local councils, and the Palestine National Council, and their role under changing circumstances, and their impact on public issues.

 

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