Saffron Contemporary Middle East Series: An Introduction
Saffron Books' current affairs series, Saffron Contemporary Middle East Series, was launched in May 2005 and is currently actively engaged in an extensive publication programme, with calls for papers from the leading authorities in the field.
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Volume I No 1
Volume I No 1 [2005 / 1] of the Papers is titled, 'Promoting Democracy and State Building in Palestine: Donor Assistance to the Palestinian Legislative Council,' and is authored by Dr Guilain P Denoeux, Professor of Government at Colby College, Waterville, Maine and Professor Robert Springborg, Director of the Middle East Institute (LMEI),University of London.
The launch coincided with a panel discussion focused on the subject of the first paper in the series, which was led by Professor Springborg. Other panellists included Husam Zomlot, Deputy Palestinian General Delegate to the UK; Michael Anderson, Head of Middle East and North Africa Dept, Department for International Development and Ethan Goldrich, First Secretary at the United States Embassy in London.
Saffron Papers on the Contemporary Middle East will consist of in-depth analytical papers each year, dealing with contemporary political, economic and social issues in the Middle East and North Africa region, spanning Morocco to Iran.
Bibliographical Information:
Volume I No 1 [2005 / 1]
Promoting Democracy and State Building in Palestine: Donor Assistance to the Palestinian Legislative Council
Guilain P Denoeux and Robert Springborg
Series ISSN 1747-1788
Book ISBN 1 872843 66 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
The Authors
Introduction
Part One | The PLC’s Multiple Roles
Outsiders Looking In
The PLC’s True Mandate and Significance
Political Integration and Nation-building
Democracy-building / Good Governance Promotion
Peace-making
Part Two | PLC Capacities and the Impacts of USAID Assistance
Starting Points: Capacities in 1996
Project Approaches to Capacity Building
Coping with a Challenging Context
Administration and Management
Procedures
Representation
Law-making
Oversight
Conclusion
Part Three | Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned from Project Accomplishments
Lessons Learned from the Projects’ Shortcomings or Limitations
Part Four | Recommendations
Rationale for Possible Future Assistance
Guidelines for Future Assistance
Partial List of Persons Interviewed
