Date of Award
Spring 2016
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Major
International Studies
First Advisor
Vijay Prashad
Second Advisor
Christina Heatherton
Abstract
This thesis explores the relationship between building materials corporations, specifically HeidelbergCement, and the state of Israel. The cooperation between capitalist corporations and a settler-colonial state is analyzed not just as a symbiotic relationship, but also as a site where the paradoxes and flawed logic of the occupation of Palestine can be exposed. The second half of the paper focuses on how organizations and individuals have used legal challenges to HeidelbergCement and Israel as mechanisms for social change beyond impact litigation alone.
Recommended Citation
Villarreal, Jake, "Structural Failure: Identifying Sites of Resistance in the Partnership Between Israel and HeidelbergCement". Senior Theses, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 2016.
Trinity College Digital Repository, https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses/559
Comments
Senior thesis completed at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in International Studies.