Insurgent informality: the struggle over space production between the Israeli state and its Palestinian Bedouin communities

Yosef Jabareen, Orwa Switat

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Abstract

This article addresses the political and spatial agenda of the people of informalities. It conceptualizes insurgent informality as a discursive social reality, which is based on the struggle between the state hegemonic discourse regarding informal spaces and modes of space production and the countering-hegemonic discourse of communities. Based on empirical case, this paper interrogates the discourses of Israel and the its Arab communities regarding informal spaces. The analysis suggests that the state hegemonic discourse is articulated through three interrelated logics of difference, threat and spatiality. The countering discourse challenges the hegemonic discourse through its logic of justice, recognition, and protest.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)92-113
Number of pages22
JournalSpace and Polity
Volume23
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jan 2019

Keywords

  • Arabs
  • Insurgent planning
  • Israel
  • informality
  • space production

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Political Science and International Relations

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