Local communities and the Israeli polity : conflict of values and interests / edited by Efraim Ben-Zadok.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ben-Zadok, Efraim.

Series:

SUNY series in Israeli studies.

SUNY series in Israeli studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pressure groups--Israel.

Pressure groups.

Community power--Israel.

Community power.

Central-local government relations--Israel.

Central-local government relations.

Israel--Politics and government.

Israel.

West Bank--Politics and government.

West Bank.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 285 pages)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book represents the first systematic effort to analyze the role of local communities and regions in Israel's national politics. Traditionally portrayed as either elitist and highly centralized, or as pluralistic with very active interest groups, Israeli politics have seldom accounted for local and regional forces.The authors demonstrate the growing importance of these communities in the politics of the country. Their analyses are based on the concept of "spatial sector," and eight sectors are covered: The West Bank and Gaza Strip Arabs, Israeli Arabs, development towns, renewal neighborhoods, religious neighborhoods, Gush Emunim settlements, kibbutzim and moshavim, and Jerusalem.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES""; ""FIGURES""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Introduction: National and Spatial Divisions In Israel""; ""Content""; ""PART I: The Arab-Jewish Cleavage""; ""Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip: Contested Domains""; ""The Changing Strategies of Mobilization among the Arabs in Israel: Parliamentary Politics, Local Politics, and National Organizations""; ""PART II: The Ethnic-Class Cleavage""

""Oriental Jews in the Development Towns: Ethnicity, Economic Development, Budgets, and Politics"" ""The Integration of Renewal Neighborhoods into the Mainstream of Israeli Society: Illusion or Reality?""; ""PART III: The Religious-Secular Cleavage""; ""The Emergence of Ultra-Orthodox Neighborhoods in Israeli Urban Centers""; ""Gush Emunim New Settlements in the West Bank: From Social Movement to Regional Interest Group""; ""PART IV: The Left-Right Cleavage""; ""Kibbutzim and Moshavim: From Ideological Symbol to Interest Group""; ""PART V: Cleavages in the City""

""Jerusalem: Central Authority and Local Autonomy"" ""Back Matter""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791496398

0791496392

OCLC:

794701319