Israel Studies
Shattered Vessels
The first book-length study of the Israeli novelist David Shahar.
Israel on the Couch
Applies clinical pyschology to explain the dynamics of the Middle East peace process.
Ideology, Party Change, and Electoral Campaigns in Israel, 1965-2001
Explores the turbulent changes in Israel party politics since the mid-1960s.
Traditions and Transitions in Israel Studies
Introduces the cutting edge issues and current scholarship in the interdisciplinary field of Israel Studies.
The Arab-Israeli Conflict Transformed
Makes the perhaps surprising argument that in the last quarter of the twentieth century the Arab-Israeli conflict has been winding down.
The Melting Pot in Israel
Covers early Israeli education policy regarding immigrant populations.
Somber Lust
A comprehensive study of Israel’s most internationally celebrated writer.
Policy Making at the Margins of Government
Traces the almost century-long struggle between Israel's largest healthcare provider, Kupat Holim, and successive Israeli governments.
Ideology and Jewish Identity in Israeli and American Literature
Israeli and American critics debate what constitutes Jewish identity in modern Jewish literature.
Debating Islam in the Jewish State
Covers Israel's policy toward Islamic institutions within its borders, 1948-2000.
The Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel, 1948-2000
Examines the difficulties of Palestinian-Arab political life in Israel.
Negotiating Jerusalem
Explores the beliefs, attitudes, and values of ordinary Palestinians and Israeli Jews asking the question: Is it possible to reach a negotiated resolution to the Jerusalem question?
The Military and Militarism in Israeli Society
Investigates the cultural and social constructions of issues related to war, the armed forces, and national security in Israel.
Constructing Boundaries
An interdisciplinary study discussing the impact of the national crisis in Mandatory Palestine on relations between Jewish and Arab workers and their respective labor movements.
The Elections in Israel 1996
Leading American and Israeli social scientists discuss the precedent-setting events of Israel’s 1996 elections.
Crime and Criminal Justice in Israel
Offers insights into the criminal justice system and the field of criminology in Israel.
Trial and Error
Questions the commonly accepted view that Israel's military policies were formed in direct response to Arab states' hostility and argues for a historical linkage between Israel's changing military posture and the development of an inequitable Israeli social structure.
The Jewishness of Israelis
Analyzes a recent report on a survey of the religious beliefs and behavior of Israeli Jews, and of the intense public debate that it produced.
Israel Through the Jewish-American Imagination
Examines eight Jewish-American writers--Meyer Levin, Leon Uris, Saul Bellow, Hugh Nissenson, Chaim Potok, Philip Roth, Anne Roiphe, and Tova Reich--who have "imagined" Israel in their work.
Between the Flag and the Banner
This first comprehensive study of the political life of Israeli women looks at political participation, political identity, women's political organizations, and public policy regarding women.
Wars, Internal Conflicts, and Political Order
The first comprehensive analysis of the effect the prolonged Arab-Israeli conflict has had on state and society in Israel.
Exile from Exile
The standard histories of Israeli literature limit the canon, virtually ignoring those who came to Israel from Jewish communities in the Middle East. By focusing on the work of Iraqi-born authors, this ...
Israel in Comparative Perspective
Challenges the social-science image of Israel as a historical peculiarity by situating Israel's history in comparative context; by building bridges between Israel and other Middle Eastern states; and by using the Israeli case to reconsider existing social science theories and correct common misperceptions about the comparative method.
Israel
This book provides new interpretations and research findings, from a wide spectrum of viewpoints, on Israel's formative first decade of independence.
New World Hasidim
A collection of essays that examines the culture, politics, and social structure of Hasidic Jewish life.