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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808003903321

Autore

Bareli Avi

Titolo

Authority and participation in a new democracy : political struggles in Mapai, Israel's ruling party, 1948-1953 / / Avi Bareli ; book design by Ivan Grave

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brighton, Massachusetts : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61811-071-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Israel: Society, Culture and History

Disciplina

320.95694

Soggetti

Political sociology - Israel

Israel Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. Pre-Independence Mapai -- Chapter 1. Institutions, Members, Activists, and Leaders -- Chapter 2. Silencing the Young -- Chapter 3. The Struggle of the Me'orer Circle -- Chapter 4. The Transfer of Power between the Parties and the Government -- Chapter 5. The Ideological Discussion on the Design of the Ruling Party -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Authority and Participation in a New Democracy focuses on the changes undergone by Mapai, Israel's first ruling party, during Israel's first years of independence, then analyzes the effects of these changes in relation to Israeli political culture. Bareli's main claim is that it was only during this period that a hierarchically-organized group of leaders succeeded in imposing its dominance, fostering obedience within the party and creating oligarchic characteristics in Israel's democracy. The influence of the kibbutz movement, the moshavim movement and of urban intelligentsia- who represented the opposite political view of participatory democracy-was reduced to a minimum. This process would have a profound impact on issues of equality, on the relations between veteran Israelis and immigrants from both European and Islamic countries, and on social and civic norms.