Doing Well by Doing Good: Understanding Hamas's Social Services as Political Advertising

Ora Szekely

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2015, vol. 38, issue 4, 275-292

Abstract: Like many nonstate military actors, Hamas has long provided social services to its constituents, but the mechanism by which charity leads to increased public support is poorly understood. This article argues that providing charity benefits nonstate actors not because it isolates recipients or acts as a bribe but because it allows organizations like Hamas to overcome the legacies of their own military activities and extremist ideologies. Service provision allows them to demonstrate that they are not merely soldiers or ideologues, but capable bureaucrats and managers as well.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2014.995565

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