03236nam 2200553 450 991079678910332120230126215821.090-04-35785-810.1163/9789004357853(CKB)4100000001128323(MiAaPQ)EBC52650682017047503(nllekb)BRILL9789004357853(EXLCZ)99410000000112832320180303h20182018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe academic middle-class rebellion socio-political conflict over wage-gaps in Israel, 1954-1956 /by Avi Bareli, Uri Cohen ; translator Alma SchneiderLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill,2018.©20181 online resource (288 pages)Jewish Identities in a Changing World,1570-7997 ;Volume 3090-04-35784-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface -- Introduction -- Distributive Justice and the White-Collar Workforce: The Outbreak of Conflict -- The ‘Engine-Coach Car’ Dilemma: mapai’s Discourse on Class, Ethnicity, and Modernization -- “In Torn Soles on a Marble Floor”: The Guri Committee and Sharett Government Debates on White-Collar Workers’ Wages, 1954–1955 -- “On Your Mark!” Public Discourse after the 1955 Elections -- “If they Strike—So be it!” The Socialist Pact to Thwart the Guri Committee Recommendations -- A Class-Inclusive Strike -- Summary and Conclusion.This new research investigates socio-political and ethnic-cultural conflicts over wage gaps in Israel during the 1950s. The Academic Middle-Class Rebellion exposes the struggle of the Ashkenazi (European) professional elite to capitalize on its advantages during the first decade of Israeli statehood, by attempting to maximize wage gaps between themselves and the new Oriental Jewish proletariat. This struggle was met with great resistance from the government under the ruling party, Mapai, and its leader David Ben-Gurion. The clash between the two sides revealed diverse, contradictory visions of the optimal socio-economic foundation for establishing collective identity in the new nation-state. The study by Avi Bareli and Uri Cohen uncovers patterns that merged nationalism and socialism in 1950s Israel confronting a liberal and meritocratic vision.Jewish identities in a changing world ;Volume 30.WagesIsraelAshkenazimIsraelAttitudesSephardimIsraelSocial conditionsIsraelPolitics and governmentIsraelEconomic conditionsWagesAshkenazimAttitudes.SephardimSocial conditions.331.29569409045Bareli Avi1505375Cohen Uri1960-Schneider AlmaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796789103321The academic middle-class rebellion3836654UNINA