Throughout the democratic world, armed forces are having to adapt to sweeping shifts in their domestic status. This book attempts to explore the possible implications of that situation for Israel - a state long considered a paradigmatic nation in arms.
Throughout the democratic world, armed forces are having to adapt to sweeping shifts in their domestic status. This book attempts to explore the possi...
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) plays a key role in Israeli society, and has traditionally been perceived not only as the guardian of national survival, but also as a 'people's army' responsible for the custody of national values. This volume analyses the circumstances currently undermining these perceptions, and explores both the changes occurring in Israel's military framework, and their potential implications.
The book highlights the influence exerted by massive shifts in both Israel's external strategic landscape and in the country's domestic and cultural...
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) plays a key role in Israeli society, and has traditionally been perceived not only as the guardian of national ...
Terror attacks have stimulated interest in the dilemmas faced by liberal societies when combating threats to national security. Combining the perspectives of political science & law, this book ponders how democracies seek to harmonize the protection of individual liberties with the defence of state interests.
Terror attacks have stimulated interest in the dilemmas faced by liberal societies when combating threats to national security. Combining the perspect...
The Seventh System introduces the human emotional system that regulates how people feel moment to moment and day to day. It presents a comprehensive view of each of the primary emotions people feel and describes how the various emotional states are interrelated. Over 60 personal stories illustrate how we come to feel happy, sad, angry or other feelings, and how we move from one kind of feeling to another. With straightforward writing and many examples, The Seventh System empowers readers to come to grips with painful and uncomfortable emotions and move beyond them. It guides readers to return...
The Seventh System introduces the human emotional system that regulates how people feel moment to moment and day to day. It presents a comprehensive v...
Terror attacks on western civilian targets have stimulated interest in the dilemmas faced by liberal societies when combating threats to national security. Combining the perspectives of political science and law, this book addresses that discourse, asking how democracies seek to harmonize the protection of individual liberties with the defence of state interests. The book focuses on the experience of Israel, a country whose commitment to democratic values has continuously been challenged by multiple threats to national survival. It examines the legal, legislative and institutional methods...
Terror attacks on western civilian targets have stimulated interest in the dilemmas faced by liberal societies when combating threats to national secu...
Demonstrating that the reaction of the Anglo-Jewish community to modern Jewish nationalism was far more complex than conventionally thought, Stuart A. Cohen argues that the conflict between Zionists and anti-Zionists, although often stated in strictly ideological terms, was also an aspect of a larger contest for community control.
Originally published in 1982.
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Demonstrating that the reaction of the Anglo-Jewish community to modern Jewish nationalism was far more complex than conventionally thought, Stuart...
A collection of the best ideas from Positive Psychology, the study of personal well-being. Concise and easy to read, this book provides 24 specific actions, called keys, that a reader can do to enhance life satisfaction. The first twelve are oriented to lift one's mood in the short term, the second 12 to build greater lifelong happiness. Scientific validation of each one indicates that they are effective strategies for anyone seeking to enhance overall life satisfaction. An extensive bibliography of Positive Psychology literature is included.
A collection of the best ideas from Positive Psychology, the study of personal well-being. Concise and easy to read, this book provides 24 specific ac...
