Politics and Society in Modern Israel: Myths and Realities

by Garfinkle, Adam

Description

M.E. Sharpe, 1997. Trade Paperback. Good. Minor shelf and cover edge wear, sticker on back cover, sticker remnents and remainder mark on spine. "With full covereage of recent dramatic events in Israeli politics from the Rabin assassination through the election of Benyamin Netanyahu, this is the most informative and up-top-date introduction to Israeli politics and society acailable today. It is also an enormously readavle and engaging book. Against the day life in Israel, the ethnic compositon and institution structure of israili society, the nuances and contradiction ofIsraeli identity, Israeli political debates. Enlivened wtih anecdotes and supplied with maps, a glossary, and suggested readings, this book is written for anyone interested in modern politics. It will be sure to provoke discussion in courses on Israel, the Middle East, or comparative political culture."

Book summary

A portrait of the political situation within Israel today. In the wake of the Rabin assassination and the election of the Netanyahu government, Israel appears to be turning away from the accomadationist stance its earlier leaders had taken toward the Palestinians, but the author argues that the reality is more complex and variegated.