The Jewish state : a century later / Alan Dowty.
The Jewish state : a century later / Alan Dowty.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998.
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N320.95694/13
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English
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xiv, 337 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. The Shaping of Israeli Democracy. 1. Democracy in Israel. 2. Jewish Politics. 3. The Zionist Revolution. 4. Building a Civic State. 5. The Filter of Security. 6. The Erosion of Ideology -- Pt. II. Challenges to Israeli Democracy. 7. The Communal Split. 8. Religion and Politics. 9. Arabs in Is...
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Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998.
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California
Date Published
c1998.
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The Jewish State is a comprehensive interpretative study of the historical roots and contemporary functioning of Israel. Nationhood and democracy have not unfolded in a social or political vacuum, but instead developed from pre-state Jewish traditions in Palestine and in Eastern Europe. Dowty elucidates a broad cluster of cultural, historical, and...
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The Jewish state : a century later / Alan Dowty.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-331) and index.
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A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program.
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c1998.
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N320.95694/13
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0520209419 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520209411 (cloth : alk. paper)
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320.95694
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991001173649702626
