Citizenship and the State: A Comparative Study of Citizenship Legislation in Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon - Tapa dura

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An analysis of the relationship between the individual and the state as played out in the Levant. Dr Davis pioneers a new conceptual framework for the Middle East.

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An analysis of the relationship between the individual and the state.

In this analysis of the relationship between the individual and the state and the ideas of citizenship, sovereignty and national self-determination as played out in the Levant, Dr. Uri Davis pioneers a new conceptual framework for the Middle East. He unlocks many critical issues confronting the region today: democratization, the role of religion in the state, human rights and the prospects of political stability.

Five detailed case studies are presented, examining the citizenship legislation of the four states of the Levant -- Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon -- and of the Palestinian Authority, particularly in the light of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant United Nations Covenants. Much of this material is made available to the English readership for the first time here.