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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146879903321

Autore

Pedahzur Ami

Titolo

The Israeli response to Jewish extremism and violence : defending democracy / / Ami Pedahzur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2002

ISBN

1-78170-030-3

1-280-73435-3

9786610734351

1-84779-055-0

1-4175-9056-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 198 pages) : illustrations, charts; digital file(s)

Collana

New approaches to conflict analysis

Disciplina

303.6095694

322.1095694

Soggetti

Democracy - Israel

Jewish radicals - Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

First published: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of tables and figures --Preface --Introduction: the 'defending democracy' in Israel - a framework of analysis --1. The Israeli response to extremism: the parliamentary arena --2. The State's response to extremism: attitudes towards subversive movements and violent organisations --3. The Israeli response to extremism: the social sphere --4. The role of 'civil society' in the 'defending democracy' --5. The 'defending democracy': from the 'militant' to an 'immunised' route? --Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Ami Pedahzur looks at the theoretical issue of how a democracy can defend itself from those wishing to subvert or destroy it without being required to take measures that would impinge upon the basic principles of the democratic idea, with a case study of the Israeli response to Jewish extremism.