Palestine, Taiwan, and Western Sahara

Sabella Ogbobode Abidde is professor of political science and a member of the graduate faculty at Alabama State University.

• Part I: Nationalism and Nation-States in Recent TimesChapter 1: International Law and the Politics of Recognition: A Comparative Study of the Palestinian, Western Saharan, And Taiwanese Struggle for Statehood - Priye S. TorulaghaChapter 2: The Undercurrents of Political Economy of Nationalism - Gbensuglo Alidu BukariChapter 3: U.S. Recognition of the Illegal Israel and Moroccan Annexations of Occupied Territories - Stephen ZunesChapter 4: Comparing Hamas and Irgun in the Struggles for Independence: A Continuation of the Same Terrorist Strategy by Different Actors? - Lawrence MhandaraPart II: Modern Palestine and the Struggle for IndependenceChapter 5: The State of Palestine as a Sovereign Actor in the International Community: Implications for Its Legal Status - Konstantinos Magliveras and Gino NaldiChapter 6: The State of Palestine: Between Abstraction and Reality - Federica StagniChapter 7: Towards A Global Agenda: Resolving the Israeli - Palestinian Conflict - Idowu Adetayo JohnsonPar

This volume, edited by Dr. Sabella Abidde, provides a thorough discussion on the issues of statehood and its complexity for Palestine, Taiwan, and Western Sahara, which have been in the process of pursuing it in the international system. This is a must-read for scholars focused on these nations and on the intersection of state-building and state recognition.