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This publication offers the most wide-ranging examination to date of an intriguing country, one that is often misunderstood. It serves as a comprehensive reference for the growing field of Israel studies and is also a significant resource for students and scholars of comparative politics, recognizing that in many ways Israel is not unique but rather a test case of democracy in deeply divided societies and states engaged in intense conflict.
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This publication offers the most wide-ranging examination to date of an intriguing country, one that is often misunderstood. It serves as a comprehensive reference for the growing field of Israel studies and is also a significant resource for students and scholars of comparative politics, recognizing that in many ways Israel is not unique but rather a test case of democracy in deeply divided societies and states engaged in intense conflict.
The Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society considers the role of external hostilities, but this is not taken as the main determinant of Israel’s internal politics. Rather, the Handbook presents an overview of the historical development of Israeli democracy through chapters examining the country’s history, contemporary society, political institutions, international relations, and most pressing political issues. This comprehensive volume offers contributions by internationally recognized authorities on their subjects, outlining the most relevant developments over time while not shying away from the strife both in and around Israel. It presents opposed narratives in full force, enabling readers to make their own judgments.
The Oxford Handbook is an important contribution to the literature that will be a useful reference to both students and scholars of Israeli politics for years to come.
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Tartalomjegyzék:
Introduction to Israeli Politics and Society
Reuven Y. Hazan, Alan Dowty, Menachem Hofnung, and Gideon Rahat
Part I: Introduction
1. Israel as a Field of Study: A Historical Overview
Ilan Troen
2. A Minimal Demographic History of Israel
Sergio DellaPergola
3. State and Society Building in Early Israel
Orit Rozin
4. Political History of Israel
Anita Shapira
5. Democracy in Israel
Alan Dowty
6. Israel’s Wars
David Tal
Part II: Israeli Society
7. Sociopolitical Cleavages in Israel
Uri Ram
8. Arab Citizens in the „Jewish” State of Israel
Itzhak Galnoor
9. Religion, Society, and Politics in Israel
Asher Cohen
10. Immigration Dynamics and Changing Constructions of Jewish Nativeness in Israel
Adane Zawdu and Sarah S. Willen
11. The Jewish Ethnic Divide and Ethnic Politics in Israel
Sammy Smooha
12. Gender in Israel
Reut Itzkovitch-Malka
13. Conceptualizing Palestinian Politics in Israel in the Shadow of the Arab Spring
Amal Jamal
14. Public Opinion in Israel: The Sociodemographic Nexus
Tamar Hermann
Part III: Israeli Political Institutions
15. The “Constitutional” System of Israel
Gregory Mahler
16. The Executive Branch in Israel
Ofer Kenig
17. The Legislative Branch in Israel
Chen Friedberg and Reuven Y. Hazan
18. The Judicial Branch in Israel
Menachem Hofnung and Mohammed S. Wattad
19. The Electoral System of Israel
Matthew S. Shugart
20. Parties and the Party System of Israel
Reuven Y. Hazan
21. Bureaucratic Politics in Israel
Sharon Gilad and Nissim Cohen
22. Political Reform in Israel
Gideon Rahat
23. The Political Institutions of the Palestinian Minority in Israel
As’ad Ghanem
Part IV: Israel and the World
24. Israel’s National Security Policy
Chuck Freilich
25. Israel’s Policy in and toward the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
Oren Barak
26. Israel and the Palestinians
Avraham Sela
27. Israel and the Arab World
Itamar Rabinovich
28. US-Israeli Relationship
Kenneth W. Stein
29. Israel’s Global Perspective
Colin Shindler
30. Israel and the Jewish Diaspora
Mira Sucharov
Part V: Issues in Israeli Politics
31. The Territories in Israeli Politics
Arie Perliger and Ami Pedahzur
32. Religion in Israeli Politics
Guy Ben-Porat
33. The Military in Israeli Politics
Yoram Peri
34. Civil Society and Israeli Democracy
Yael Yishai
35. Political Culture and Israeli Politics
Gal Ariely
36. Electoral Behavior in Israel
Assaf Shapira and Gideon Rahat
37. Political Communication and Israeli Politics
Dana Markowitz-Elfassi, Tamir Sheafer, Yariv Tsfati, Gabriel Weimann, and Gadi Wolfsfeld
38. The Political Economy of Israeli Neoliberalism
Ronen Mandelkern and Michael Shalev
