"This book is likely to elbow its way into the front of the crowd. . . . Clearly original."--Jerrold D. Green, Rand Corporation In all aspects of life, Israel continues to evolve from the country it was in 1948. These essays address issues of foreign policy as well as some of the most heated domestic topics in Israel today--the peace process, the changing role of women, the role of less religious Jews, the decline of Zionist ideology, the identity of Indian Jews, and the allocation of economic resources. Contents Israel ...
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"This book is likely to elbow its way into the front of the crowd. . . . Clearly original."--Jerrold D. Green, Rand Corporation In all aspects of life, Israel continues to evolve from the country it was in 1948. These essays address issues of foreign policy as well as some of the most heated domestic topics in Israel today--the peace process, the changing role of women, the role of less religious Jews, the decline of Zionist ideology, the identity of Indian Jews, and the allocation of economic resources. Contents Israel in the Nineties, by Gregory Mahler and Frederick Lazin Part I: Domestic Political Issues "Protecting the Majority" Religious Freedom for the Non-Orthodox Jews in Israel, by Martin Edelman A Different Set of Political Game Rules: Israeli Democracy in the 1990s, by Gideon Doron Part II: External Relations Israel and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process in the 1990s, by Ziva Flamhaft Unofficial Contacts and Peacemaking: Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue, 1967-1993, by Peter Demant Israeli-Russian Relations since the Collapse of the Soviet Union, by Robert O. Freedman Part III: Cultural Issues The Changing Roles of Israeli Women (Or: Are Israeli Women's Roles Changing?), by Harriet Hartman Israeli Cinema and the Ending of Zionist Ideology, by Ilan Avisar The Preservation and Transformation of Indian Culture and Identity among the Bene Israel in Israel, by Joan Roland Part IV: Economic Issues Institutionalized Discrimination in Democracies: The Case of Israeli Agriculture, by Shimon Avish The Organization of Industrial Production in Israel: From Diversity to Convergence? by Allan Lichtenstein Frederick A. Lazin is Lynn and Lloyd Hurst Family Professor of Local Government at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, and author of Politics and Policy Implementation: Project Renewal in Israel and Policy Implementation of Social Welfare in the 1980s . Gregory S. Mahler is professor and chair of political science at the University of Mississippi and author or editor of a number of books, including Israel at the Crossroads, Israel after Begin , and The Israeli Political System: Government and Politics in a Maturing State.
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