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Politics and society in modern Israel : myths and realities
- Title
- Politics and society in modern Israel : myths and realities / Adam Garfinkle.
- Author
- Garfinkle, Adam M., 1951-
- Publication
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DS126.5 .G357 2000 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 336 pages cm : map; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Israel > Foreign relations
- Israel > Social conditions
- Israel > Politics and government
- Anecdotes
- Israel > Foreign relations > 1993-
- Israel > Social conditions > 1993-
- Israel > Politics and government > 1993-
- Politisches System
- Politik
- Gesellschaft
- Social conditions
- Politics and government
- Diplomatic relations
- National characteristics, Israeli > Anecdotes
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes
- Anecdotes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-330) and index.
- Contents
- Israel the Exceptional -- The Egg that Was a Golf Ball: Political Culture -- Everyday Life in Israel: A Sketch -- Ancient Jewish Commonwealths -- The Varieties and Significance of Exile -- The Emancipation and the Birth of Zionism -- Toward Statehood: War, Mandate, War, and War Again -- Society and Polity at Independence -- The War for Independence and Its Impact -- Political Geography and the Zionist Zeitgeist -- Political Demography and Origins of the Israeli System -- Legacies: Yishuv to State -- Immigration, Security, and Settlement -- Early Foreign Relations -- Society and Political Economy in Contemporary Israel -- The New Demography and Its Implications -- Israeli Arabs -- The Role of External Threat and the IDF -- The Managed Economy -- Religion -- Relations with the Diaspora -- Political Institutions and Issues -- The Basic Laws -- Parliamentary Institutions, Cabinet Government, and the Presidency -- The Judiciary, the Legal Adviser, and the State Comptroller -- The Parties and Their Discontents -- The Media and the Intellectual Elite -- Municipal Government -- The Political Class and Challenges to the Mainstream -- Foreign Policy: Sources and Substance -- Institutions: Prime Ministry, Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, Intelligence Services -- The Paramountcy of Security: War and Peace -- Relations with the United States -- Relations with Europe and Russia -- Relations with the Third World -- Israel in the Middle East -- Peace and Normalcy? -- The Peace Process Since Camp David: A Brief Sketch.
- ISBN
- 0765605147
- 9780765605146
- 0765605155
- 9780765605153
- LCCN
- 99044578
- OCLC
- ocm42289933
- 42289933
- SCSB-14486888
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library