1st Edition

The EU, Hamas and the 2006 Palestinian Elections A Performance in Politics

By Catherine Charrett Copyright 2020
260 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book addresses how institutional and diplomatic rituals shaped the European Union’s sanction of Hamas after the latter’s success in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections. Through a lens of performance and performativity it explains how socialisation and the duress of performative rituals shapes agency and prevents the possibility of being creative with policy initiatives when confronted... Read more

Introduction: A Performative Account of Hamas in Gaza and the EU in Brussels

  1. Bodies in spaces: entering, belonging and being in Gaza and in Brussels
  2. ‘Don’t look at me like that’: un-recognising Hamas’s political performance
  3. Democracy performed: Hamas and the EU performing change through the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections
  4. ‘Perform or else’: the EU’s ‘failure’ to respond to Hamas’s success in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections
  5. The performativity of threat: the EU and Hamas through the violent policy of conditionality

Conclusion: Post-performance policy proposals

Biography

Catherine Charrett in a Lecturer in International Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. The author completed a PhD in International Politics at Aberystwyth University, an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a BA in International Relations from the University of British Columbia. The author received an Independent Social Research Foundation Research Fellowship for an interdisciplinary approach to researching politically and socially salient topics. The author has produced a performance piece on the topic of this book entitled: "Politics in Drag: Sipping Toffee with Hamas in Brussels," which can be viewed through the Review of International Studies. This research has also been published with the European Journal of International Relations.