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This book provides a unique mosaic of the most recent processes and phenomena which explains Israel factually as well as theoretically. It offers a new conceptual framework for analysing the relationships between state and society, contrasting social boundaries with social frontiers. It also discusses the problems that arise when Zionist ideology confronts reality in contemporary Israel.
"It deals with exceedingly important issues scarcely touched by an earlier generation of Israeli social scientists. The topic is central to the study of Israeli society, and the book makes innovative contributions to sociological theory. It represents first-rate scholarship." — Robert J. Brym, University of Toronto
"There are provocative and insightful notions, and readers will come away with an appreciation both of the complexities of Israeli society and of the difficulty of charting its boundaries and explaining their creation and evolution." — Mark Tessler, University of Wisconsin
Preface
Chapter 1 The Crystallization of the State and the Struggles Over Rulemaking: Israel in Comparative Perspective
Joel S. Migdal
Chapter 2 Before the State: Communal Politics in Palestine Under the Mandate
Dan Horowitz
Chapter 3 Citizenship, Nationality and Religion in Israel and Thailand
Erik Cohen
Chapter 4 Jewish Organized Labor and the Palestinians: A Study of State/Society Relations in Israel
Michael Shalev
Chapter 5 Children's Perceptions of Minority Rights: Israel in a Cross-National Perspective
Charles W. Greenbaum, Leon Mann and Shoshana Harpaz
Chapter 6 The Social Meaning of Alternative Systems: Some Exploratory Notes
Nachman Ben-Yehuda
Chapter 7 The State of Israel as a Theological Dilemma
Menachem Friedman
Chapter 8 The Structure and Dilemmas of Israeli Pluralism
Judith T. Shuval
Chapter 9 Between "Alexandria-On-The-Hudson" and Zion
Baruch Kimmerling
Chapter 10 Boundaries and Frontiers of the Israeli Control System: Analytical Conclusions
Baruch Kimmerling
Contributors
Index