Israel : building a new society / Daniel J. Elazar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elazar, Daniel J. (Daniel Judah)

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Jewish political and social studies

Jewish political and social studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and government.

Philosophy.

Israel--Politics and government--Philosophy.

Israel.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Elazar, Daniel Judah (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 287 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1986]

Contents:

Introduction: A prismatic view of the Israeli polity

Part 1. Foundings. The Covenantal foundations of a new society; Foundings and revolutions; Toward territorial democracy

Part 2. Commonwealth. The compound structure of the Israeli polity; The local dimension in Israeli politics; Serving the public in an emergent society

Part 3. Cleavages. Religion and the polity; Askenazim and Sephardim; Israel, the Arabs, and the territories

Part 4, Futures. An emergent political culture; The impact of the frontier; The future of Israeli politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-282) and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Potok Collection copy inscribed "To all the Potoks with affection. Daniel J. Elazar".

Potok Collection copy has pages marked with post-its.

ISBN:

0253331846

OCLC:

13126009