Unsettled States, Disputed Lands: Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank-Gaza

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Part I: The Changing Shape of States -- Introduction -- 1. Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip: Disengagement or Incorporation? -- 2. Thresholds of State-Building and State Contraction -- Part II: Wars of Position and the Fate of Hegemonic Projects -- Introduction -- 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 -- Part III: State Contraction and the Regime Threshold in Britain and France -- Introduction -- 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 -- Part 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 -- Abbreviations -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index

Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip: disengagement or incorporation? -- Thresholds of state-building and state contraction -- Becoming problematic: breakdown of a hegemonic conception of Ireland -- Where and what is France? Three failures of hegemonic construction -- Patterns of hegemonic change: Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria -- The Irish question in British politics, 1886-1922 -- The Algerian question in French politics, 1955-1962 -- Regimes at risk: rescaling the Irish and Algerian questions in Britain and France -- Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip: tracing the status of a changing relationship -- Hegemonic failure and regime crisis in Israel -- A theory of states and territories: extensions and implications