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Routledge handbook of modern Israel

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Israel is a country made up of contradictions. A lively democracy in a multicultural society but within a state promoting a strong national identity; a thriving economy in an unequal society; a culture open to modern trends but drawing on the Hebrew past and preoccupied with the Holocaust and the Ar...

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Other Authors: Dieckhoff, Alain, Shread, Carolyn P. T
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2013.
Series:Routledge handbooks.
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Israel.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: The Foundations of the State
  • 1. A Jewish and Democratic State Alain Dieckhoff
  • 2. The Political Institutions of Israel Claude Klein
  • 3. The Supreme Court and the Judicial System Claude Klein
  • 4. Tzahal: A State within a State? Samy Cohen
  • 5. National Memory Avner Ben-Amos
  • Part 2: Life in the City
  • 6. Political Life: from Dominant Party to Political Fragmentation
  • 7. The New Social Movements Michael M. Laskier
  • Part 3: A Plural Society
  • 8. Demography in Israel: Diversity and Convergence Sergio Della Pergolla
  • 9. Jewish Ethnicities in Israel Eliezer Ben-Rafael
  • 10. The Observant and the Secular: Between Confrontation and Transaction Maurice Kriegel
  • 11. Arab Citizens: An Unfinished Process of Integration Laurence Louer
  • 12. Foreign Workers: Faces of the "Globalization of Israel" William Berthomiere
  • Part 4: Economy and Society
  • 13. The Birth and Development of the Israeli Economy, 1948-1977 Gilbert Benhayoun and Rene Teboul
  • 14. An Economy on the road to Independence? Michael Bikard
  • 15. "The New Israeli Economy": Opting for High Technology Daniel Rouach and Michael Bikard
  • 16. The Social Question: Social Citizenship, Income Inequality and Poverty in Israel Gershon Shafir
  • Part 5: Israel in the Middle East
  • 17. Israel and the Palestinians Alain Dieckhoff
  • 18. Israel and the Arab States: From Total Struggle to Partial Peace Alain Dieckhoff and Mark Tessler
  • 19. Israeli Territorial Strategies in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
  • Part 6: External Relations
  • 20. The Complex Relationship between the State of Israel and the Diaspora Regine Azria
  • 21. Israel and France: Ups and Downs in the Relationship Elie Barnavi
  • 22. The United States and Israel: An Evolving Relationship Robert O. Freedman
  • 23. Israel, the USSR and Russia Laurent Rucker
  • 24. Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany: Realpolitik under the Sign of the Shoah Dominique Trimbur
  • 25. The Relations between Israel and the European Union Alfred Tovias
  • 26. Israel and the Third World Joel Peters Part 7: Culture and Communication
  • 27. Israeli Prose in Hebrew Francoise Saquer-Sabin
  • 28. Israeli Poetry Masha Itzaki
  • 29. Arabic Literature in Israel Sobhi Boustani
  • 30. Israeli Theatre Nurit Yaari
  • 31. Music in Israel Michele Tauber
  • 32. The Visual Arts Gideon Ofrat
  • 33. The History of Israeli Cinema Ariel Schweitzer
  • 34. The Media Jerome Bourdon
  • Conclusion.

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