Choice as Everyday Politics: Female Palestinian Citizens of Israel in Mixed Cities

International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-21

  Herzog, Hanna ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab Palestinian women; Choice; Everyday experience; Everyday politics; Gender; Micropolitics; Mixed cities

Indexed keywords

EID: 63949088233     PISSN: 08914486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10767-009-9045-0     Document Type: Article

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