This book explores the political economy of governance in Palestine. It makes a unique
contribution to studies of governance and political economy using the Palestinian Authority
(PA) as a case study introducing and developing the concept of 'dual rentierism'. The author
uses primary research to chart the evolution of the fiscal sociology of the PA and explore how
it has shaped the PA's economic policies and the state-society relationship in the Palestinian
Territories. The book adopts a critical political economy approach making the case that
external sources of PA income represent political rents that need to be disaggregated and
studied concurrently. It further focuses on the drivers and constraints that have shaped the
PA's policy development and state-building associated with its dependence on external revenues.
Ultimately the book elaborates on how the need for fiscal survivability has thwarted the
Palestinian quest for statehood.
