Building a state on shifting sands: An evaluation of the Palestinian National Authority’s policy reforms and performance in the West Bank, 2009-2011 By Kristine Knutter C2013 Submitted to the graduate degree program in Global and International Studies and the Graduate Faculty of the University of Kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. ________________________________ Chairperson Associate Professor Eric Hanley ________________________________ Co-Chairperson Professor Richard Lynn Ground ________________________________ Committee Member Associate Professor Ebenezer Obadare Date Defended: January 8, 2013