After the Uprising: the Intifada-Oslo Generation and Attitudes Toward the Palestinian Police

Abstract Does experiencing a mass uprising during one’s formative years shape attitudes toward post-uprising institutions? Existing research on cohorts has not examined settings of ongoing statelessness. We focus Palestinians who witnessed the First Intifada and subsequent Israeli-Palestinian negotiations their youth-to-adulthood transition. Analyzing pooled sample surveys conducted between 1996 2000, we observe that men from this cohort – using youth-based definition evaluated Palestinian police more negatively than did other men, ceteris paribus . test two, potential explanations. find support for proposition held distinctive views about coercion resistance shaped evaluations. conclude mobilization transition can influence attitudes, but additional work is needed to long-term endurance. Further, younger operationalization impressionable may be salient in insecurity.