Crisis and transformation : the kibbutz at century's end / Eliezer Ben-Rafael.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben Rafael, Eliezer.

Series:

SUNY series in Israeli studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kibbutzim.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 282 p. )

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines kibbutz life following the Israeli economic crisis of 1985, focusing on the kibbutz's dramatic transformation from a well-defined social structure to a collective identified principally by its cultural preoccupations. It centers on the contradictions endemic to kibbutz identity. Ben-Rafael shows how the crisis brought together a general pro-change Zeitgeist with the interests of the kibbutz's stronger social segments and individuals to produce widespread changes and the fragmentation of kibbutz reality as a whole. The book's findings are based on a large-scale research investigation (1991-1994) headed up by Ben-Rafael that included twenty research studies and involved the participation of researchers from diverse social-science disciplines. The book also provides a statistical abstract and a comprehensive kibbutz bibliography.

Contents:

1. Kibbutz Identity

2. The Crisis

3. A Shattered Community

4. Kibbutz Capitalism Challenged

5. Kibbutz and Society

6. Behind the Transformation

7. Implementing Change

8. The Transformation of Identity

App. 1. Correlation Analyses

App. 2. Statistical Abstract

The Kibbutzim in the 1990s.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-270) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-7914-9635-X

0-585-06521-7