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| List of Boxes, Figures, Maps, Photos, and Tables | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: The Study of Israel in Comparative Context | |
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| What Do We Study? | |
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| How Do We Study Politics? | |
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| Studying Political Institutions and Behavior | |
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| Studying Israeli Government and Politics | |
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| The Political Setting | |
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| History and the Creation of Israel | |
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| Historical Roots of Contemporary Israel | |
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| The Emergence of Zionism, 1830-1917 | |
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| Growth of the Yishuv, 1880-1939 | |
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| The Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate Period, 1917-1947 | |
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| World War II and the Holocaust | |
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| Transition to Statehood, 1945-1948 | |
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| The Palestinians | |
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| History and the Creation of Israel | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Zionism, Religion, and the Domestic Political Environment | |
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| The Concept of Zionism | |
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| The Religious Communities of Israel | |
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| Judaism in Israel | |
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| Religion and Politics-Jewish Issues | |
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| Israel's Non-Jewish Communities | |
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| Zionism, Religion, and the State | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| The Social and Economic Context of Politics | |
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| Peoples of Israel | |
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| Ashkenazim and Sephardim | |
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| Immigration and Emigration | |
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| Social Class | |
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| Education and Culture | |
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| Health Care and Social Services | |
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| Cities, Villages, Kibbutzim, and Moshavim | |
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| The Economy | |
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| Foreign Economic Relations | |
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| The Political Culture and the Economy | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| The Governmental Institutions | |
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| The Constitutional System and Parliamentary Government | |
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| The Debate over Creating a Written Constitution | |
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| The Structures of the Israeli Constitution | |
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| The Role of the Courts in the Creation of a Constitution | |
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| Israel as a Parliamentary System | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| The Prime Minister and the Knesset | |
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| The Setting | |
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| The Balance of Power | |
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| Legislation in the Knesset | |
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| The Members of Knesset | |
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| Legislative Behavior of Members of the Knesset | |
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| Knesset Organization | |
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| Coalition Politics and Coalition Governments | |
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| The Knesset, the Government, and Israeli Politics | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Political Parties and Interest Groups | |
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| The Setting | |
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| Ideology in Israel | |
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| The Functions of Parties | |
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| Parties and Issues | |
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| Interest Groups | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| The Electoral Process and Voting Behavior | |
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| The Electoral System and Israeli Voting Behavior | |
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| Proportional Representation and Elections | |
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| Past Proposals for Electoral Change | |
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| The 1996-2001 Electoral System for Prime Minister | |
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| Voting Behavior and Electoral Results | |
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| Voting and Ideology | |
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| Ethnicity | |
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| Voting Trends | |
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| Significance of the Electoral Process for Israel | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| The Machinery of Government | |
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| The Bureaucracy and the Civil Service | |
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| Local Government | |
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| The Judiciary and the Legal System in Israeli Politics | |
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| The Military and the Government | |
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| The Bureaucracy, the Judiciary, and the Military | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Foreign Policy and the Middle Eastern Political Setting | |
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| The Foreign Policy Setting | |
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| The Setting: The Legacy of Warfare | |
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| Strategic Considerations | |
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| Military-Security Concerns | |
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| Political-Diplomatic Concerns | |
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| Economic-Developmental Concerns | |
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| Cultural-Status Concerns | |
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| The Foreign Policy Setting: A Recapitulation | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| The Palestinians, the West Bank and Gaza, and Jerusalem | |
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| History | |
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| The Palestinians | |
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| Palestinian Statehood and Governance | |
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| Palestinian Goals | |
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| The West Bank and Gaza | |
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| Jerusalem | |
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| Israeli Attitudes, Intentions, and Policies | |
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| The Palestinians, the West Bank and Gaza, and Jerusalem | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| The Peace Process | |
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| The Quest for Peace | |
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| Progress toward Peace, Post-1948 | |
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| Progress toward Peace, Post-1956 | |
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| Camp David and the Peace Process, 1978-1982 | |
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| Israel's Peace Initiative, 1989 | |
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| The Madrid Peace Conference, 1991 | |
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| The Oslo Accords, 1993 | |
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| The Wye River Memorandum, October 23, 1998 | |
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| The Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum, April 30, 2001 | |
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| Bilateral Progress | |
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| The Copenhagen Track | |
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| The Quest for Peace, Again | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |