Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. 1. Settlers and Conflict over Contested Territories 1
6. 2. The Decisive Path of State Indecisiveness: Israeli Settlers in the West Bank in Comparative Perspective 17
7. 3. Moroccan Settlers in Western Sahara: Colonists or Fifth Column? 40
8. 4. Settlement, Sovereignty, and Social Engineering: Fascist Settlement Policy between Nation and Empire 75
9. 5. The Indonesian Settlement Project in East Timor 97
10. 6. Settlers and State-Building: The Kirkuk Case 114
11. 7. Settlers, Immigrants, Colonists: The Three Layers of Settler-Induced Conflict in Sri Lanka 141
12. 8. Settlers, Mobilization, and Displacement in Cyprus: Antinomies of Ethnic Conflict and Immigration Politics 168
13. 9. Conclusion 192
14. References 209
15. Index 231
16. Contributors 239