The Russians in Israel: A New Ethnic Group in a Tribal Society

ISBN-13: 9781138494787 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 244 str.

Majid Al-Haj

Opis

This book discusses, in social, cultural, and political terms, the Russian immigrants from the former Soviet Union and their impact on Israel over the last three decades.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Theoretical framework 2. Israel as a deeply divided society: multiculturalism vs. tribalism 3. Jewish immigration to Palestine-Israel and the waves of immigration from Russia and the Former Soviet Union: A Background 4. The Politics of identity among Immigrants and their location within the ethnic map of Israel 5. Ethnic ,obilization and political orientation among immigrants 6. Non-jewish immigrants and the dilemma of a Jewish state 7. Immigrants, Conflict and the social map in Israel Concluding Remarks

O autorze

Majid Ibrahim Al-Haj is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology and the founding director of the Center for Multiculturalism at the University of Haifa, Israel. He is the author of Immigration and Ethnic Formation in a Deeply Divided Society: The Case of the 1990s Immigrants from the FSU in Israel (2004).