Indispensable Traitors: Liberal Parties in Settler Conflicts

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In settler societies, some conflicts have roots that are both ethnic and colonial in nature. These are ethnic conflicts between an indigenous ethnic group or groups or between and ethnic group and groups of settlers who have been transplanted to a territory by a colonial power as part of a colonizing effort. This study examines the role that liberal parties have played and can play in recent conflicts in Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland, and South Africa. Typically, such parties reject the conventional wisdom of the settler population in general regarding the nature of the conflict. They also reject the radical thinking of the liberation movements and offer instead a third alternative. Mitchell hopes that this study will provide useful information for current liberal parties in Central and Eastern Europe and Israel.

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Based on research conducted in 1998 and later, this volume addresses the situations in Israel/Palestine, Rhodesia, South Africa, and Northern Ireland (before 1972), focusing on the role played by liberal parties in the conflicts. Mitchell, an independent researcher, evaluates the successes and failures of the liberal parties in each country, the origins and growth of the successful liberal parties (Alliance, the Progressive Federal Party/Democratic Party, and Meretz in Israel), the leadership and policies of the parties, the internal settlements, and the role played by the conservative parties in the settler societies, as well as the role of liberal parties in the final settlement and the issues involved in reaching a final settlement.-Reference & Research Book News
"Based on research conducted in 1998 and later, this volume addresses the situations in Israel/Palestine, Rhodesia, South Africa, and Northern Ireland (before 1972), focusing on the role played by liberal parties in the conflicts. Mitchell, an independent researcher, evaluates the successes and failures of the liberal parties in each country, the origins and growth of the successful liberal parties (Alliance, the Progressive Federal Party/Democratic Party, and Meretz in Israel), the leadership and policies of the parties, the internal settlements, and the role played by the conservative parties in the settler societies, as well as the role of liberal parties in the final settlement and the issues involved in reaching a final settlement."-Reference & Research Book News

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THOMAS G. MITCHELL is an independent researcher. He is the author of Native vs. Settler: Ethnic Conflicts in Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland, and South Africa (Greenwood, 2000).