Through the lens of Israel : explorations in state and society / Joel S. Migdal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Migdal, Joel S.

Series:

SUNY Series in Israeli Studies

SUNY series in Israeli studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society--Israel.

Civil society.

Israel--Politics and government.

Israel.

Israel--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 237 pages)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through the Lens of Israel illuminates Israeli history through the use of the author's unique state-in-society approach, and, at the same time, refines, develops, and expands that approach. The book provides a window for the formation of Israeli state and society during the twentieth century, while using the Israeli experience to ask how social scientists can better investigate and understand other societies as well. Three central themes of Israeli history are at the core of the analysis—state formation, society formation, and the mutually constitutive roles of state and society. By analyzing how Israel's state and society continually reconstruct one another, Migdal addresses larger questions with resonance far beyond Israel: How do particular societies and states end up with their distinctive character? How are the rules that shape everyday behavior determined? Who gains from these rules and who loses? And how and when do these rules and patterns of privilege change?

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""PART I: Introduction""; ""Myths and Models: The State-in-Society Approach and the Experience of Israel""; ""PART II: State Making""; ""The Crystallization of the State and the Struggles Over Rule Making: Israel in Comparative Perspective""; ""Laying the Basis for a Strong State: The British and Zionists in Palestine""; ""Vision and Practice: The Leader, the State, and the Transformation of Society""; ""PART III: Society Making""; ""Civil Society in Israel""

""Society Formation and the Case of Israel""""PART IV: Social Crisis""; ""Changing Boundaries and Social Crisis: Israel and the 1967 War""; ""The Odd Man Out: Arabs in Israel""; ""Back Matter""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-232) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780791490563

0791490564

OCLC:

794701360