Living Emergency: Israel's Permit Regime in the Occupied West Bank

Book by Yael Berda covering the civil and legal architecture Israel uses to control Palestinian movement in the West Bank through its permit system. The book features interviews with Palestinian laborers and Israeli clerks as well as an extensive account of how military civil administrations are used to control the Palestinian population. This source is valuable for scholars of bureaucracy, surveillance, and occupation, and is a foundational academic account of Israel's permit regime.