TY - BOOK AU - Scheindlin,Dahlia TI - The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel: Promise Unfulfilled T2 - Democracy in Times of Upheaval , SN - 9783110796452 AV - JQ1830.A91 S34 2023 U1 - 320.95694 23 PY - 2023///] CY - Berlin, Boston PB - De Gruyter KW - Democracy KW - Israel KW - Demokratie KW - Nahostkonflikt KW - Palästina KW - Religion und Staat KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy KW - bisacsh KW - Conflict KW - Law KW - Palestine KW - Politics KW - Religion and State N1 - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Section I Introduction --; Section II Pre-State Zionism and the Tangled Roots of Democracy: Late Nineteenth Century to 1947 --; Section III Independence and the Least Democratic Decades, 1948 –66 --; Section IV Diverging Paths: Occupation, and Democratic Progress, 1967 –77; 1977 –92 --; Section V The Liberal Potential: 1992 –2009 --; Section VI Backlash: 2009–present --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - A narrative chronicle of Israeli democracy that defines historic phases and follows thematic challenges to democracy, including: competition between religion and the rule of law; the statist society and chaotic minoritocracy; modern illiberal populism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The comprehensive portrait exposes endemic flaws of democracy in Israel, but also shows that Israel has considerable capacity – and responsibility – to fulfill the promise of democracy UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110796582 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110796582 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110796582/original ER -