Arab Minority Nationalism in Israel : The Politics of Indigeneity

ISBN-13: 9780415567398 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 336 str.

Amal Jamal

Opis

National minorities and their behavior have become central topic in comparative politics in the last few decades. This book provides a valuable examination of minority nationalism and state-minority relations in Israel.

Using the relationship between the state of Israel and the Arab national minority as a case study, the book draws conclusions from other similar cases. Studying the Israeli case within a comparative framework, the author demonstrates the impact of the state regime on the political behavious of the minorities and sheds light on the similarities and differences between various types of minority nationalisms and the nature of the relationship such minorities could have with their states.

Examining the case of the Arab national minority in Israel, this book is a valuable contribution to the study of ethnic states, homeland minority nationalism, minority rights, multiculturalism, feminism, contemporary political theory and conflict management theory. Clarify and demonstrating major debates taking place in the field of collective action, social movements, civil society and indigenous rights, the book will be of great interest to students of Israeli politics, political minorities, indigenous populations and conflict issues, and those in policy working on issues around Israeli politics, Palestinian politics and the broader Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Recenzje

"Jamal’s book is [comprehensive]... in dealing with international, national Israeli, and local developments among the minority and their implications for political activism and mobilization among the Palestinian minority." - Dr. As’ad Ghanem, School of Political Science, University of Haifa, Israel; The Middle East Journal, Spring 2012 issue (Vol. 66, No. 2)

Spis treści

Introduction: Understanding the Politics of Indigenous National Minority  1. The Theory and Epistemology of Indigeneity  2. Politicizing Arab Indigeneity in Israel  3. The Changing Modes of Patriotism and Longing for the Homeland  4. Internally Displaced Palestinians and the Dialectics of Presence and Absence  5. Arab-Palestinian Leadership in Israel and the Politics of Contention  6. Reframing the Future through Presencing the Past: Visionary Documents and Political Mobilization  7. Civil Society and the Challenges of Empowerment Development and Democratization  8. Reframing Arab Political Thought in Israel: Azmi Bishara and Beyond.  Epilogue: Future Visions and Horizons of Expectations in State-Minority Relations in Israel

O autorze

Amal Jamal is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University and Head of the Walter Lebach Institute for Jewish-Arab Coexistence Through Education.