The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israeli Identity : Defending/Defining the Nation / by D. Waxman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waxman, Dov.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle East--Politics and government.

Middle East.

International relations.

Political science.

Middle Eastern Politics.

International Relations.

Political Science.

Local Subjects:

Middle Eastern Politics.

International Relations.

Political Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2006.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers a theoretically-informed analysis of the way in which Israeli national identity has shaped Israel's foreign policy. By linking domestic identity politics to Israeli foreign policy, it reveals how a crisis of Israeli identity inflamed the debate in Israel over the Oslo peace process.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 The Construction of Israeli National Identity: From Jews to Israelis and Back Again

2 Between Isolation and Integration: Foreign Policy and Israeli National Identity

3 Out of the Ghetto: The Oslo Peace Process and Israeli National Identity

4 The Crisis of Israeli Identity

5 The Return of the Other

Conclusion: Israel's Identity Crisis in Global Perspective

Notes

Index

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B

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D

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I

J

K

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M

N

O

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T

U

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Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-243) and index.

ISBN:

9786611365677

9781281365675

128136567X

9781403983473

140398347X

OCLC:

567962851