Pt. I. The Changing Shape of States. 1. Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip: Disengagement or Incorporation? 2. Thresholds of State-Building and State Contraction -- Pt. II. Wars of Position and the Fate of Hegemonic Projects. 3. Becoming Problematic: Breakdown of a Hegemonic Conception of Ireland. 4. Where and What Is France? Three Failures of Hegemonic Construction. 5. Patterns of Hegemonic Change: Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria -- Pt. III. State Contraction and the Regime Threshold in Britain and France. 6. The Irish Question in British Politics, 1886-1922. 7. The Algerian Question in French Politics, 1955-1962. 8. Regimes at Risk: Rescaling the Irish and Algerian Questions in Britain and France -- Pt. IV. Applications to Israel and Other Cases. 9. Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip: Tracing the Status of a Changing Relationship. 10. Hegemonic Failure and Regime Crisis in Israel. 11. A Theory of States and Territories: Extensions and Implications
Analysis
Frontiers Politics
Algeria
Annexation
Domestic matters (International relations)
France
Great Britain
Imperialism
International comparisons
International disputes
Ireland
Israel
Overseas item
Palestine
Sovereignty
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-564) and index