Palestinian women take part in a rally marking International Women's Day in Gaza City, March 8, 2008. Palestinian women in the West Bank and Gaza Strip marked the day with small rallies in town and villages.
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PAST EVENT
Between Cohesion and Fragmentation: Internal Influences on Strategy in the Palestinian National Movement
Brown Bag Lunch
Series: International Security Brown Bag Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 1, 2008
12:15-2:00 p.m.
| Speaker: | Wendy Pearlman, Research Fellow, International Security Program/Intrastate Conflict Program |
Related Project: International Security
Description:
What brings some self-determination movements to use violent forms of protest and others nonviolent forms? What causes a movement to use violence on some occasions but not others? Conventional explanations are insufficient because they tend to view movements as unitary actors. By contrast, Pearlman argues that a movement’s degree of internal political cohesion systematically affects the strategies that it uses. Her research demonstrates this argument throughout the history of the Palestinian national movement from 1920-2006. This presentation will offer a sample of her empirical analysis by comparing the first and second Palestinian Intifadas.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
Contact:
ISP Program Coordinator
International Security Program,
79 John F. Kennedy St., Mailbox 53,
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Email: susan_lynch@hks.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-496-1981
Fax: 617-495-8963
Url: http://www.belfercenter.org/ISP/
