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Crony capitalism in the Palestinian Authority: a deal among friends

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This article interrogates the multifaceted political–economic networks entrenched within the multiple structures of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority (PA). The main argument of this article is that crony capitalism is a defining feature of the PA’s relations with a handful of capitalists and business groups. The demonstration of this argument is exhibited through the large-scale public and private monopolistic practices in strategic sectors of the Palestinian economy, which function within the framework of Israel’s settler-colonial reality and the persistent patterns of international aid to the occupied West Bank. While acknowledging the existence of cronyism as a feature of the capitalist system in its diverse typologies, crony capitalism may be more pronounced in situations characterised by political uncertainty, whereby political–business collusion strategizes the expansion of neo-patrimonial networks and rent-seeking opportunities as a meta-mechanism for social control and political stabilisation. In the Occupied Palestinian Territories, crony capitalism was developed as part of the political allegiances and economic alliances that underpin the structures created by the Oslo process, which are fostered by Israeli policies and the international donor community to maintain the cohesiveness of the PA regime.

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  • Tariq Dana, 2020. "Crony capitalism in the Palestinian Authority: a deal among friends," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(2), pages 247-263, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:41:y:2020:i:2:p:247-263
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2019.1618705
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    1. Aboushady, Nora & Zaki, Chahir, 2023. "Are global value chains for sale? On business-state relations in the MENA region," IDOS Discussion Papers 17/2023, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
    2. Mar Gijón Mendigutía & José Abu-Tarbush, 2022. "The Palestinian Authority and the Reconfigured World Order: Between Multilateralism, Unilateralism, and Dependency Relationships," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 10(2), pages 40-49.
    3. Suzanne Morrison, 2020. "Whither the State? The Oslo Peace Process and Neoliberal Configurations of Palestine," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 101(7), pages 2465-2484, December.

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