Politics and Government in Israel by Mahler, Gregory S. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

List of Boxes, Figures, Maps, Photos, and Tables Preface Introduction: The Study of Israel in Comparative Context

WHAT DO WE STUDY? HOW DO WE STUDY POLITICS? STUDYING POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND BEHAVIOR STUDYING ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Part I: The Political Setting

1 History and the Creation of Israel

HISTORICAL ROOTS OF CONTEMPORARY ISRAEL THE EMERGENCE OF ZIONISM, 1830–1917 GROWTH OF THE YISHUV , 1880–1939 THE BALFOUR DECLARATION AND THE BRITISH MANDATE PERIOD, 1917–1947 WORLD WAR II AND THE HOLOCAUST TRANSITION TO STATEHOOD, 1945–1948 THE PALESTINIANS HISTORY AND THE CREATION OF ISRAEL FOR FURTHER READING

2 Zionism, Religion, and the Domestic Political Environment

THE CONCEPT OF ZIONISM THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES OF ISRAEL JUDAISM IN ISRAEL RELIGION AND POLITICS—JEWISH ISSUES ISRAEL’S NON-JEWISH COMMUNITIES ZIONISM, RELIGION, AND THE STATE FOR FURTHER READING

3 The Social and Economic Context of Politics

PEOPLES OF ISRAEL ASHKENAZIM AND SEPHARDIM IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION SOCIAL CLASS EDUCATION AND CULTURE HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES CITIES, VILLAGES, KIBBUTZIM, AND MOSHAVIM THE ECONOMY FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS THE POLITICAL CULTURE AND THE ECONOMY FOR FURTHER READING

Part II: The Governmental Institutions

4 The Constitutional System and Parliamentary Government

THE DEBATE OVER CREATING A WRITTEN CONSTITUTION THE STRUCTURES OF THE ISRAELI CONSTITUTION THE ROLE OF THE COURTS IN THE CREATION OF A CONSTITUTION ISRAEL AS A PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM FOR FURTHER READING

5 The Prime Minister and the Knesset

THE SETTING THE BALANCE OF POWER LEGISLATION IN THE KNESSET THE MEMBERS OF KNESSET LEGISLATIVE BEHAVIOR OF MEMBERS OF THE KNESSET KNESSET ORGANIZATION COALITION POLITICS AND COALITION GOVERNMENTS THE KNESSET, THE GOVERNMENT, AND ISRAELI POLITICS FOR FURTHER READING

6 Political Parties and Interest Groups

THE SETTING IDEOLOGY IN ISRAEL THE FUNCTIONS OF PARTIES PARTIES AND ISSUES INTEREST GROUPS FOR FURTHER READING

7 The Electoral Process and Voting Behavior

THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND ISRAELI VOTING BEHAVIOR PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION AND ELECTIONS PAST PROPOSALS FOR ELECTORAL CHANGE THE 1996–2001 ELECTORAL SYSTEM FOR PRIME MINISTER VOTING BEHAVIOR AND ELECTORAL RESULTS VOTING AND IDEOLOGY ETHNICITY VOTING TRENDS SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS FOR ISRAEL FOR FURTHER READING

8 The Machinery of Government

THE BUREAUCRACY AND THE CIVIL SERVICE LOCAL GOVERNMENT THE JUDICIARY AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN ISRAELI POLITICS THE MILITARY AND THE GOVERNMENT THE BUREAUCRACY, THE JUDICIARY, AND THE MILITARY FOR FURTHER READING

Part III: Foreign Policy and the Middle Eastern Political Setting

9 The Foreign Policy Setting

THE SETTING: THE LEGACY OF WARFARE STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS MILITARY-SECURITY CONCERNS POLITICAL-DIPLOMATIC CONCERNS ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENTAL CONCERNS CULTURAL-STATUS CONCERNS THE FOREIGN POLICY SETTING: A RECAPITULATION FOR FURTHER READING

10 The Palestinians, the West Bank and Gaza, and Jerusalem

HISTORY THE PALESTINIANS PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD AND GOVERNANCE PALESTINIAN GOALS THE WEST BANK AND GAZA JERUSALEM ISRAELI ATTITUDES, INTENTIONS, AND POLICIES THE PALESTINIANS, THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, AND JERUSALEM FOR FURTHER READING

11 The Peace Process

THE QUEST FOR PEACE PROGRESS TOWARD PEACE, POST-1948 PROGRESS TOWARD PEACE, POST-1956 CAMP DAVID AND THE PEACE PROCESS, 1978–1982 ISRAEL’S PEACE INITIATIVE, 1989 THE MADRID PEACE CONFERENCE, 1991 THE OSLO ACCORDS, 199345 THE WYE RIVER MEMORANDUM, OCTOBER 23, 1998 THE SHARM EL-SHEIKH MEMORANDUM, APRIL 30, 2001 BILATERAL PROGRESS THE COPENHAGEN TRACK THE QUEST FOR PEACE, AGAIN FOR FURTHER READING

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