Israel: The Dynamics of Change and ContinuityDavid Levi-Faur, Gabriel Sheffer, David Vogel These essays examine changes in Israel's political, social and economic institutions, and describe how Israeli culture and institutions are resisting convergence. They are in four categories: political institutions and organizations; political economy; ethnicity and religion; and public policy. |
Contents
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The Israeli Supreme Court in a Comparative Perspective | 15 |
The Fragility of Impartiality | 34 |
Structural Change and Leadership Transformation | 55 |
The Irregularity of the Israeli Case | 73 |
A Comparative Analysis | 87 |
Globalization and the Search for Peace in South Africa and IsraelPalestine | 103 |
Have Globalization and Liberalization Normalized Israels Political Economy? | 121 |
From What Edah are You? Israeli and American Meanings of RaceEthnicity in Social Policy Practices | 183 |
Jerusalems Holy Places in Comparative Perspective | 200 |
Imported Problem Definitions Legal Culture and the Local Dynamics of Israeli Abortion Politics | 226 |
Israeli Environmental Policy in Comparative Perspective | 246 |
Opinion Research from Israel and the Arab World | 265 |
On the Value of Comparison | 279 |
Abstracts | 293 |
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Warfare PolityFormation and the Israeli National Policy Patterns | 156 |
Israeli Arabs in Comparative Perspective | 169 |
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