LEADER 04083nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910806864503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7914-9331-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000233679 035 $a(EBL)3407996 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000261047 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11216000 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261047 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10256606 035 $a(PQKB)10797676 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407996 035 $a(DE-B1597)681831 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791493311 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000233679 100 $a19990324d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aReview essays in Israel studies /$fLaura Zittrain Eisenberg and Neil Caplan, editors 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (329 p.) 225 0$aBooks on Israel ;$vv. 5 225 0$aSUNY series in Israeli studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7914-4421-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""Front Matter""; ""Half TItle Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Ivory Tower and Embassy: Interview with Itamar Rabinovich""; ""Part 1: History, Economics, and Politics""; ""The Yishuv's Early Capabilities: Organization, Leadership, and Policies""; ""The Transition to a Marke tEconomy: The Road Half Taken""; ""Israel as a Liberal Democracy: Civil Rights in the Jewish State""; """"Normal"" or ""Special""? Israel's Relationships with America and Germany in Historical Perspective""; ""Part II: Society and Culture"" 327 $a""Mythmaking and Commemoration in Israeli Culture""""Prophecy of Wrath: Israeli Society as Reflected in Satires for Children""; ""Women's Issues in the Literary Marketplace: Anthologies of Israeli Women Writers""; ""Yemenite Jews on the Zionist Altar""; ""Part III: Israel in the Region""; ""Policy Transformation in the Middle East: Arms Control Regimes and National Security Reconciled""; ""Palestinian Sovereignty and Israeli Security: Dilemmas of the Permanent-Status Negotiations""; ""The Domestic-International Confluence: The Challenge of Israel's Water Problems"" 327 $a""Part IV: Views of Israel from the Arab World""""On Opposite Sides of the Hill: Syrian and Israeli Perspectives""; ""Egyptian Representation of Israeli Culture: Normalizing Propaganda or Propagandizing Normalization?""; ""Arab-Israeli Economic Relations and Relative Gains Concerns""; ""The Debate over Normalization: Adonis and His Arab Critics""; ""Back Matter""; ""Contributors""; ""The Editors""; ""Back Matter"" 330 $aRepresenting a wide array of disciplines: economics, history, literature, political science, anthropology, and sociology, this book offers original examinations of the state of scholarship about Israel, as well as insightful assessments of contemporary Israeli society, politics, economy, and culture. The contributors review and analyze more than sixty recent publications, half of them in Hebrew or Arabic, showcasing important literature not readily accessible to European and North American readers. Continuing the tradition established by the preceding volumes, Review Essays in Israel Studies offers a rich and varied treatment of new scholarship and enhances our understanding of Israel studies today. 410 0$aSUNY Series in Israeli Studies 606 $aNational characteristics, Israeli 607 $aIsrael$vBook reviews 607 $aIsrael$xIntellectual life$vBook reviews 607 $aIsrael$xForeign public opinion, Arab$vBook reviews 615 0$aNational characteristics, Israeli. 676 $a956.94 701 $aEisenberg$b Laura Zittrain$0540758 701 $aCaplan$b Neil$f1945-$0526107 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806864503321 996 $aReview essays in Israel studies$94198324 997 $aUNINA