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Neve Gordon

Visiting Associate Professor
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Politics and Goverment,
Ben-Gurion University
Ph.D. Notre Dame

6640 Haven Hall
(734) 647-3247
ngordon@bgu.ac.il

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Neve Gordon is a senior lecturer in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University, Israel, and is currently a visiting professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research focuses on human rights, military occupations and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Gordon's book Israel's Occupation will appear in 2008 (University of California Press), while his professional articles have appeared in numerous journals, including Political Studies, Polity, Democratization, Constellations, Journal of Human Rights and the International Journal of Human Rights. Gordon is also a contributor to publications like The Nation, The Guardian, In These Times, and The National Catholic Reporter.

Selected Publications

  • "From Colonization to Separation: Exploring the Structure of Israel's Occupation," Third World Quarterly, forthcoming Vol.29 (1), 2008.
  • "Human Rights, Social Space and Power: Why do some NGOs Exert More Influence than Others?" International Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 12, No. 2, forthcoming 2008.
  • "Human Rights Discourse in Domestic Settings: How does it Emerge?" Political Studies, Vol. 55, No. 1, 2007 (with Nitza Berkovitch).
  • "Human Rights as a Contingent Foundation: The Case of Physicians for Human Rights," Journal of Human Rights Vol. 5 (2), 2006: 163-184.*
  • "Hamas and the Destruction of Risk Society," Constellations, Vol. 12, No. 4, 2005: 542-560 (with Dani Filc).
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