Supply-side Territoriality: reshaping a geopolitical project according to economic means

Gabriel Schwake

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Abstract

The ‘Stars’ are series of suburban settlements adjacent to the border with the occupied West-Bank which illustrate the increasing privatisation of the Israeli settlement mechanism. Unlike earlier examples, which were dictated by pioneer ideology or individualistic attempts to achieve better living standards, during the 1990s the state adopted a supply-side territorial policy, which tried to ensure the continuation of its geopolitical project by securing the economic feasibility of the private sector. Analysing the development of the ‘Stars’, this paper sheds light on the privatisation and commodification of the Israeli settlement mechanism and with it the transformation of its spatial product.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)75-96
Number of pages22
JournalSpace and Polity
Volume25 (2021)
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Keywords

  • Neoliberalism
  • housing
  • supply-side
  • territoriality

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