Wars, internal conflicts, and political order : a Jewish democracy in the Middle East / Gad Barzilai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barzilai, Gad.

Series:

SUNY Series in Israeli Studies

SUNY series in Israeli studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict.

War and society--Israel.

War and society.

Politics and war.

Democracy--Israel.

Democracy.

Israel--History, Military.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first comprehensive analysis of the effect the prolonged Arab-Israeli conflict has had on state and society in Israel. This is the first comprehensive research study to analyze and explain the influence the prolonged Arab-Israeli conflict has had on Israel. It focuses on the manner in which all of the Israeli-Arab wars since 1949, including the Intifada and the Gulf War, have affected state and society in Israel. In addition, it examines the influences of other, more limited Israeli military operations. These subjects are investigated within a broad theoretical framework based on a critical analysis of the literature. The author suggests an analytic qualitative model for understanding wars and internal political order and makes significant corrections to paradigms that deal with political order and wars, from the Marxist paradigm to the liberal paradigm.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Front Cover""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table Of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""A Conceptual Framework""; ""Democracies in Wars and Severe National-Security Crises: Theoretical and Comparative Aspects""; ""A Developing Democracy during the First Stages of Nation-Building""; ""The Suez Campaign: Ideological Rift, Preemptive War, and a Dominant Party""; ""The Six-Day War: Political Crisis and War of Consensus""; ""Polyarchy during Territorial Status Quo""; ""Dissent and Consensusin the War of Attrition""

""The Power Illusion Smashed and National Security Affairs (Partly) Democratized""""War of Initiative and Political Polarization""; ""Israeli Society and Politics during the Gulf War""; ""The Inter-Communal Conflict of the Intifada and the Israeli Regime (1987-93)""; ""The Long-Term Effects of Wars and the Emergency Situation""; ""Final Conclusions: Establishing a Civilian Society""; ""Back Matter""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Subject Index""; ""Name Index""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-289) and index.

ISBN:

9780791495902

0791495906