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The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel : Promise Unfulfilled / Dahlia Scheindlin.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Democracy in Times of Upheaval ; 7Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource (X, 267 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110796452
  • 9783110796674
  • 9783110796582
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.95694 23
LOC classification:
  • JQ1830.A91 S34 2023
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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