This book attempts to diagnose and analyze the structural transformations which occurred within Palestinian society since the Nakba of 1948 by revealing the colonial context threatening its identity, survival and the basis of its very existence. The authors provide a comprehensive, critical and concise vision of the social transformations to which the Palestinian people were subjected, with a focus on the areas of West Bank, Gaza and the occupied territories since 1948.
The book identifies two interconnected and complementary axes: the first revolves around analyzing the basic social, political, economic and cultural transformations as well as the nature of their impact upon surrounding spaces and environments, while the second revolves around studying these transformations within a historical context spanning from the British mandate up to the present.