TY - JOUR
T1 - The making of a void sovereignty: political implications of the military checkpoints in the West Bank
AU - Amir, Merav
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Research on the Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank has emphasized not only that these checkpoints have dire implications for the Palestinians living there, at the personal, familial, and communal levels, and devastating eff ects on the Palestinian economy, but also that they have far-reaching consequences for the ability of the Palestinians to establish an independent political entity. At the same time, analysis of the Israeli forms of domination over the Palestinians has also stressed the role of a Palestinian governing authority in sustaining the Israeli rule, since the former relieves the latter of its responsibility to care for the occupied Palestinian population. This paper aims to address this apparent contradiction claiming that a comprehensive analysis of Israeli forms of domination requires a spatial examination of the operation of sovereignty with an assessment of governmentalizing arrays. This combined analysis suggests that a Palestinian sovereignty, but one which is emptied of its actual ruling power, is construed at the checkpoints as an epiphenomenon of Israeli apparatuses of control.
AB - Research on the Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank has emphasized not only that these checkpoints have dire implications for the Palestinians living there, at the personal, familial, and communal levels, and devastating eff ects on the Palestinian economy, but also that they have far-reaching consequences for the ability of the Palestinians to establish an independent political entity. At the same time, analysis of the Israeli forms of domination over the Palestinians has also stressed the role of a Palestinian governing authority in sustaining the Israeli rule, since the former relieves the latter of its responsibility to care for the occupied Palestinian population. This paper aims to address this apparent contradiction claiming that a comprehensive analysis of Israeli forms of domination requires a spatial examination of the operation of sovereignty with an assessment of governmentalizing arrays. This combined analysis suggests that a Palestinian sovereignty, but one which is emptied of its actual ruling power, is construed at the checkpoints as an epiphenomenon of Israeli apparatuses of control.
KW - sovereignty
KW - governmentality
KW - borders
KW - Israel
KW - Palestine
KW - checkpoints
KW - West Bank
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876352725&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1068/d19810
DO - 10.1068/d19810
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84876352725
SN - 0263-7758
VL - 31
SP - 227
EP - 244
JO - Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
JF - Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
IS - 2
ER -