The crooked timber of democracy in Israel : promise unfulfilled / Dahlia Scheindlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheindlin, Dahlia, author.

Series:

Democracy in times of upheaval ; Volume 7.

Democracy in Times of Upheaval Series ; Volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Israel.

Democracy.

Israel--Politics and government.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2023]

Summary:

A narrative chronicle of Israeli democracy that defines historic phases and follows thematic challenges to democracy, including: competition between religion and the rule of law; the statist society and chaotic minoritocracy; modern illiberal populism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The comprehensive portrait exposes endemic flaws of democracy in Israel, but also shows that Israel has considerable capacity - and responsibility - to fulfill the promise of democracy.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Contents

Section I Introduction

Section II Pre-State Zionism and the Tangled Roots of Democracy: Late Nineteenth Century to 1947

Section III Independence and the Least Democratic Decades, 1948 -66

Section IV Diverging Paths: Occupation, and Democratic Progress, 1967 -77

1977 -92

Section V The Liberal Potential: 1992 -2009

Section VI Backlash: 2009-present

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-079658-9