3 options
State practices and Zionist images : shaping economic development in Arab towns in Israel / David A. Wesley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wesley, David A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Palestinian Arabs--Israel--Economic conditions--Case studies.
- Palestinian Arabs.
- Bureaucracy--Israel--Case studies.
- Bureaucracy.
- Power (Social sciences)--Israel--Case studies.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Social integration--Israel--Case studies.
- Social integration.
- Social planning--Israel--Case studies.
- Social planning.
- Israel--Economic conditions--Case studies.
- Israel.
- Israel--Ethnic relations--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 p.)
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Although the Israeli state subscribes to the principles of administrative fairness and equality for Jews and Arabs before the law, the reality looks very different. Focusing on Arab land loss inside Israel proper and the struggle over development resources, this study explores the interaction between Arab local authorities, their Jewish neighbors, and the agencies of the national government in regard to developing local and regional industrial areas. The author avoids reduction to simple models of binary domination, revealing instead a complex, multi-dimensional field of relations and ever-
- Contents:
- State Practices and Zionist Images; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction. An Ethnography of Macro-order Power Relations; Chapter 1. The Lay of the Land (I); Chapter 2. The Lay of the Land (II); Chapter 3. The Zipporit Industrial Area; Chapter 4. Land, Territory, and Jurisdiction; Chapter 5. The Image of Arab Traditionalism; Chapter 6. The Appropriation of Arab Development Needs and Potential; Chapter 7. Attempts to Break Through the Boundaries; Conclusion; Epilogue to the New Edition; Chronology of Events; Notes
- GlossaryReferences; Legislation Cited; Subject Index; Selected Author Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-395-3
- 0-85745-907-4
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.