The Contradictions of Israeli Citizenship: Land, Religion and State

ISBN-13: 9780415782500 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 320 str.

Guy Ben-Porat; Professor Bryan S. Turner

Opis

This book provides an integrated analysis of the complex nature of citizenship in Israel. Contributions from leading social and political theorists explore different aspects of citizenship through the demands and struggles of minority groups to provide a comprehensive picture of the dynamics of Israeli citizenship and the dilemmas that emerge at the collective and individual levels. Considering the many complex layers of membership in the state of Israel including gender, ethnicity and religion, the book identifies and explores processes of inclusion and exclusion that are general issues in any modern polity with a highly diverse civil society. While the focus is unambiguously on modern Israel, the interpretations of citizenship are relevant to many other modern societies that face similar contradictory tendencies in membership. As such, the book will be of great interest to students and scholars of political science, political sociology and law.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The Contradictory Character of Citizenship Bryan  2. Collective Identities, Public Spheres, Civil Society and Citizenship in the Contemporary Era  3. Military Hierarchies and Collective Action: The Case of Israel  4. Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in the Israeli Welfare State: State Building and Political Economy  5. Corporatism and Multiculturalism as Responses to Ethnic Claims and Socio-economic Inequality: The Case of Shas  6. Citizenship and Ethnic Mobilization in Israel: The Case of Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow  7. Fundamentalist Citizenships: The Haredi Challenge  8. NGOization of the Israeli Feminist Movement: Depoliticizing or Redefining Political Spaces?  9. Parading Pridefully into the Mainstream: Gay and Lesbian Immersion in the Civil Core  10. Inward Turns: Citizenship, Solidarity and Exclusion  11. Civic Associations, Empowerment and Democratization: Arab Civil Society in Israel  12. All by Myself? The Paradox of Citizenship Among the FSU Immigrants in Israel  13. The Rise and Fall of Liberal Nationalism