Rochelle Davis is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She is author of Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced.

Mimi Kirk is Editor, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore. She is editor (with Chris Toensing) of Uncovering Iraq: Trajectories of Disintegration and Transformation and (with Jean-François Seznec) of Industrialization in the Gulf: A Socioeconomic Revolution.

Introduction: Palestine and the Palestinians in the Twenty-first Century Rochelle Davis

Part I. Colonial Projects and Twentieth-Century Currents
1. The Zionist Colonization of Palestine in the Context of Comparative Settler Colonialism Gabriel Piterberg
2. Colonial Occupation and Development in the West Bank and Gaza: Understanding the Palestinian Economy through the Work of Yusif Sayigh Leila Farsakh
3. War, Peace, Civil War: A Pattern? Tamim al-Barghouti

Part II. Politics, Law, and Society: 21st-century Developments and Paradigms
4. Hamas Following the 2006 Palestinian Legislative Election: A Critical Victory As’ad Ghanem
5. Before Gaza, After Gaza: Examining the New Reality in Israel/Palestine Sara Roy
6. The Legal Trajectory of the Palestinian Refugee Issue: From Exclusion to Ambiguity Susan Akram
7. The Debate on Islamism and Secularism: The Case of Palestinian Women’s Movements Islah Jad
8. Other Worlds to Live In: Palestinian Retrievals of Religion and Tradition under Conditions of Chronic National Collapse Loren Lybarger

Part III. Trajectories for the Future, Solutions for a State
9. Palestine in the American Political Arena: Is a "Reset" Possible? Michael C. Hudson
10. Human Rights and the Rule of Law Noura Erakat
11. Lessons for Palestine from Northern Ireland: Why George Mitchell Couldn’t Turn Jerusalem into Belfast Ali Abunimah
12. One State: The Realistic Solution Saree Makdisi