03628nam 2200709Ia 450 991095348760332120200520144314.09781438408781143840878197805850459790585045976(CKB)111004366802470(OCoLC)42854969(CaPaEBR)ebrary10588817(SSID)ssj0000228605(PQKBManifestationID)11173814(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000228605(PQKBWorkID)10152857(PQKB)10099773(MdBmJHUP)muse14059(Au-PeEL)EBL3408267(CaPaEBR)ebr10588817(OCoLC)923414002(MiAaPQ)EBC3408267(DE-B1597)736224(DE-B1597)9781438408781(Perlego)2674445(EXLCZ)9911100436680247019950302d1995 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierProfessionals against populism the Peres government and democracy /Michael KerenAlbany State University of New York Pressc19951 online resource (vii, 147 pages) illustrationsSUNY series in Israeli studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791425640 0791425649 9780791425633 0791425630 Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-141) and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 KNOWLEDGE AND DEMOCRACY -- Chapter 3 LAW AND SECURITY -- Chapter 4 IN QUEST OF MODERATION -- Chapter 5 THE SOCIAL CONTRACT -- Chapter 6 CONCLUSION -- Appendices -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEXThis book, based on Shimon Peres's private papers, tells the unusual story of the Peres government of 1984-1986 in Israel. It is the story of an unpopular politician, demonized by his political enemies, who operates under great time restraints to manage a pluralistic democracy losing ground to enchanted masses in public squares. Lacking support from his own national unity government, Peres reverted to his old-time alliance with Israel's technocrats in his combat against populism. Michael Keren analyzes the role of legal professionals, strategic experts, and economists in the three main events of the Peres era: the scandal over the killing of two Arab terrorists by the General Security Service; the efforts to renew the peace process in the Middle East after the Lebanon war; and the economic stabilization program of 1985. The analysis illumines Israel's hitherto unexplored technocratic stratum and its ongoing struggle over Israel's nature as an advanced industrial state. This stratum, the author contends, has,been the moving force behind the construction of the nuclear reactor in Dimona in the 1960s, the combat against populism in the 1980s, and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process of today.PopulismIsraelDemocracyIsraelTechnology and stateIsraelIsraelPolitics and government1967-1993PopulismDemocracyTechnology and state956.9405/4/092Keren Michael541038MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953487603321Professionals against populism4346173UNINA