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  • The Globalization of Israel

    McWorld in Tel Aviv, Jihad in Jerusalem

    by Uri Ram ...
    Series series Global Realities
    This book focuses on how globalization is impacting contemporary Israel. It is a concise and originally argued introduction to Israel, but the author, Uri Ram, is careful to frame his analysis in a broader discussion of Israeli history and broader social currents. Focusing in particular on two defining – and conflicting – contemporary trends; one toward advanced liberal democracy with a ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Israeli Nationalism

    Social conflicts and the politics of knowledge

    by Uri Ram ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
    The question of nationalism centres around the political, social, and cultural ways by which the concept and practice of a nation is constructed, and what it means to its various bearers. This book examines the issue of Jewish-Israeli nationalism, combining a sociological study of national culture with a detailed analysis of Israeli national discourse.Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Israeli Sociology

    Text in Context

    by Uri Ram ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents a comprehensive historical account of sociology in Israel the first history of sociology in Israel, from its beginnings in late 19th-century to the early 21st-century. It locates the ruptures and reorientations of the sociological text within its shifting historical context. Israeli sociology is shown to have evolved in tandem with the development of the Israeli-Jewish nation in ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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    A New Vision for Confronting Global Crises

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    Word Guild 2008 Writing Award (Culture)We want to have it all: financial strength, secure homes, clean air and water for our children. With the latest technological advances available, we deserve to have every dilemma resolved. Isn't that the way it's supposed to work? Hope in Troubled Times dares to say "no."Poverty, terrorism, and overtaxed land are planetary problems that make even believers ... Read more

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  • Israel and South Africa

    The Many Faces of Apartheid

    by Ronnie Kasrils, Doctor Oren Ben-Dor, Jonathan Cook, Leila Farsakh, Anthony Löwstedt, Amneh Badran, Steven Friedman, Virginia Q. Tilley, Ran Greenstein ...
    Within the already heavily polarised debate on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, parallels between Israel and apartheid South Africa remain highly contentious. A number of prominent academic and political commentators, including former US president Jimmy Carter and UN Special Rapporteur John Dugard, have argued that Israel's treatment of its Arab-Israeli citizens and the people of the occupied ... Read more

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  • Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine

    Zionism, Settler Colonialism, and the Case for One Democratic State

    by Jeff Halper ...
    'Extremely convincing' - Electronic IntifadaFor decades we have spoken of the ‘Israel-Palestine conflict’, but what if our understanding of the issue has been wrong all along? This book explores how the concept of settler colonialism provides a clearer understanding of the Zionist movement's project to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, displacing the Palestinian Arab population and ... Read more

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  • The Case for Sanctions Against Israel

    by Omar Barghouti ...
    Leading international voices argue for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel.In July 2011, Israel passed legislation outlawing the public support of boycott activities against the state, corporations, and settlements, adding a crackdown on free speech to its continuing blockade of Gaza and the expansion of illegal settlements. Nonetheless, the campaign for boycott, divestment, and ... Read more

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  • The Mystery of the Kibbutz

    Egalitarian Principles in a Capitalist World

    by Ran Abramitzky ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    How the kibbutz movement thrived despite its inherent economic contradictions and why it eventually declinedThe kibbutz is a social experiment in collective living that challenges traditional economic theory. By sharing all income and resources equally among its members, the kibbutz system created strong incentives to free ride or—as in the case of the most educated and skilled—to depart for the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Zionist Israel and Apartheid South Africa

    Civil society and peace building in ethnic-national states

    by Amneh Badran ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
    This book is a comparison of two ethnic-national "apartheid" states – South Africa and Israel – which have been in conflict, and how internal dissent has developed. In particular it examines the evolution of effective white protest in South Africa and explores the reasons why comparably powerful movements have not emerged in Israel.The book reveals patterns of behaviour shared by groups in both ... Read more

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  • Seeking Mandela

    Peacemaking Between Israelis And Palestinians

    by Heribert Adam, Kogila Moodley ...
    Series series Politics History & Social Chan
    The ongoing violence, despair and paralysis among Israelis and Palestinians resemble the gloomy period in South Africa during the late 1980s. Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley show that these analogies with South Africa can be applied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for two purposes: to showcase South Africa as an inspiring model for a negotiated settlement and to label Israel a "colonial ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • Claiming Society for God

    Religious Movements and Social Welfare

    by Nancy J. Davis, Robert V. Robinson ...
    Series series Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
    The nonviolent ways orthodox religious groups achieve social power and influence: a "brilliant" study of four movements in the US and abroad (Wendell Bell, Yale University).Gold Medal Winner, Independent Publisher Book AwardsClaiming Society for God focuses on common strategies used by religiously orthodox (what some would call "fundamentalist") movements around the world. Rather than using armed ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Jewish-Arab City

    Spatio-politics in a mixed community

    by Haim Yacobi ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
    Mixed city is a term widely used in Israel to describe areas occupied by both Jewish and Arab communities. In a critical examination of such cities, the author shows how a clear spatial and mental division exists between Arabs and Jews in Israel, and how the occurrence of such communities is both exceptional and involuntary.Looking at Jewish-Arab relations in Israel in the context of the built ... Read more

    $65.99 USD