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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828343903321

Autore

Ganim As'ad

Titolo

Ethnic politics in Israel : the margins and the Ashkenazi center / / As'ad Ghanem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-22947-3

1-135-22948-1

1-282-57624-0

9786612576249

0-203-86504-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; ; 16

Disciplina

305.80095694

323.15694

Soggetti

Ethnicity - Political aspects - Israel

Minorities - Political activity - Israel

Group identity - Israel

Israel Ethnic relations Political aspects

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 (p. [199]-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Israel as a hegemonic ethnic state and the politics of group identity -- The Palestinian minority in Israel : resisting the "ethnocratic" system -- Mizrahi (Oriental) Jews and the Ashkenazi system : incorporation vs. separation politics -- Jewish religious groups and the politics of identity in the "secular-Jewish" state -- Russian immigrants : imposing multi-culturalism in the public sphere in Israel -- Groups divisions, the external conflict and political instability in Israel since Oslo -- Conclusion : the future of group politics in Israel.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an analysis on contemporary Israeli democracy, examining in particular society and politics from the perspectives of the different ethnic groups outside of the Ashkenazi mainstream. The book explores the political expressions of the secondary groups in Israel (Mizrahim, Religious, Russians and Palestinian-Arab) and how these groups where treated by the Ashkinazim as a threat to its hegemony



over the state. Looking at the instability created by the struggle of these marginal groups against the state, and the discrimination policy practiced by the Ashkenazi 'hegemonic