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His book shows how Palestinians have understood efforts at building institutions as acts of resumption rather than creation—with activists and leaders seeing themselves as recovering from an interrupted past, Palestinians seeking to rejoin the Arab world by building their new institutions on Arab models, and many Palestinian reformers taking the Oslo Accords as an occasion to resume normal political life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProviding a clear and urgently needed vantage point on most of the issues of Palestinian reform and governance that have emerged in recent policy debates—issues such as corruption, constitutionalism, democracy, and rule of law—Brown's book helps to put Palestinian aspirations and accomplishments in their proper context within a long and complex history and within the larger Arab world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000698159340,"sku":"9780520241152","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/e624e3be69b1b32750cc8e1d71a180a6.jpg?v=1773004760"},{"product_id":"advent-by-nathan-brown-9781922373229","title":"Advent","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomething happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSomething happened that was so significant that every year we pause and sing songs about it, share gifts with each other and re-tell the story. Something happened that changed everything. Something good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a child is born, it’s natural for parents to be in awe, wondering who their precious baby will grow up to be. 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