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Author Plascov, Avi, author

Title The Palestinian refugees in Jordan, 1948-1957 / Avi Plascov
Published Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017
©1981

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 268 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Routledge library editions. Jordan ; volume 3
Routledge library editions. Jordan ; v. 3
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Preface; Note on Sources; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Conflicting Aspirations and their Realization; A. Neutralizing the Palestinians; B. The Government of All-Palestine; I: "Creeping Annexation"-The Policy and the Response; A. The Palestinians-What Choice?; B. The Palestinian Congresses; C. The Refugees, their Leaders and their Committees; 1. Camp Committees; 2. Regrouping of old frameworks; 3. Area Committees; D. The Option of "no options"?; II: Merger or Absorption?
A. The "Stick and Carrot" PolicyB. West Bank versus East Bank or Palestinians versus Trans-Jordanians?; 1. Mutual Relations in the East Bank; 2. Economic Considerations-Jordan's West Bank Policy; 3. The Status of Jerusalem; (a) Abdullah and the Internationalization of Jerusalem; (b) The Palestinians and Jerusalem; III: Jordanization of the Palestinian Refugees; A. Government Assistance to the Refugees; B. Jordanian Citizenship, the Refugee Status and Refugee Separatism; 1. Jordan Citizenship and Inter-Arab Relations; 2. The Regime and Refugee Political Activity; (a) Petitions
(B) Refugee gatherings, regroupings and committees(c) The Refugees, relief and separatism; (i) Up to the brief period of relaxation; (ii) Months of relaxation; (iii) Following the Clampdown; C. Relating to the Integration Schemes; IV: Border Activity-Infiltration and Retaliation; A. Confronting and Controlling Infiltration; B. Removal of Refugees from Border Areas; C. The Refugee Tribes' Movement Eastwards; 1. In the West Bank; 2. In the East Bank; D. The Frontier Villages; E. Smuggling; F. Egypt, Jordan, the "Fedayyin" and "Retaliation"-the Vicious Circle
V: Recruitment of Refugees into the Armed ForcesA. The National Guard; B. The Arab Legion; C. The Refugees' Attitudes towards Military Training and Recruitment; VI: The Participation of the Refugees in the Parliamentary and Municipal Elections; A. Parliamentary Elections; 1. To vote or not to vote?; 2. Refugee Candidates; 3. The Weight of the Refugee Vote; 4. Failure and Success; 5. The Refugee Issue in the Election Campaign; B. Elections to the Town Councils; 1. The Municipalities and the Refugees; 2. The Refugee Electorate; VII: The Political Parties and the Refugees
A. The Parties: Patterns of similarityB. The Political Parties' Stance regarding the Refugees as indicated by their Publications; C. Recruitment by the Parties and the Refugees' Response; 1. The Jordanian Communist Party; 2. The Ba'th Arab Socialist Party; 3. The National Socialist Party; 4. The Arab Nationalist Movement; 5. The Syrian Nationalist Party; 6. The Muslim Brotherhood; 7. The Islamic Liberation Party; 8. The Arab Higher Committee; D. Underground Political Activity and its Confrontation; VIII: Refugee Demonstrations and Protests: Opposition to Whom?; Conclusion; Notes; Appendices
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-256) and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 5, 2017)
Subject Palestinian Arabs -- Jordan
Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Jordan
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Palestinian Arabs
Politics and government
Refugees, Palestinian Arab
SUBJECT Jordan -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98000372
Subject Jordan
Form Electronic book
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