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This book discusses the social, ideological, and political groups
in U.S. that support or oppose Israel, examines how they influence
policy decisions, and reviews U.S. public opinion toward Israel. It
analyzes the politics of supplying arms and economic aid to Israel
in historical perspective. .
This book investigates the identity issues of South Asians in the
diaspora. It engages the theoretical and methodological debates
concerning processes of culture and identity in the contemporary
context of globalisation and transnationalism. It analyses the
South Asian diaspora - a perfect route to a deeper understanding of
contemporary socio-cultural transformations and the way in which
information and communication technology functions as both a
catalyst and indicator of such transformations. The book will be of
interest to scholars of diaspora studies, cultural studies,
international migration studies, and ethnic and racial studies.
This book is a collection of papers from the journal South Asian
Diaspora.
Despite Israel's enormous dependence on the United States,
relatively little has been written by Israeli scholars about
relations between the two countries. In this book of original
essays, contributors discuss the social, ideological, and political
groups in the United States that support or oppose Israel, examine
how they influence policy decisions, and review U.S. public opinion
toward Israel. In addition, the politics of supplying arms and
economic aid to Israel are analyzed in historical perspective.
Finally, the contributors explore the range of U.S. interests in
the dispute over the West Bank.
The essays here attempt to move beyond the question of Israel's
uniqueness to examine the pace and direction of change of Israel's
political, social and economic institutions. Using the tools of
comparative analysis, scholars from Israel, the US and Europe
describe the ways in which Israeli society is becoming more like
other democratic industrialized societies and in what dimensions
Israeli culture and institutions are slowing or resisting such
convergence. The essays fall into four categories: political
institutions and organizations; political economy; ethnicity and
religion; and public policy.
Israeli historiography has long been subjected to a sustained
assault by self-styled "new historians" vying to expose what they
claim to be the distorted "Zionist narrative" of Israeli history
and the Arab-Israeli conflict. They have cast Israel as the
regional villain, bearing sole responsibility for the cycle of
violence in the Middle east since 1946.
This text takes issue with these "revisionists." The author argues
that they have ignored or misinterpreted much documentation in
developing their analysis of Israel's history. There are numerous
in-depth studies to illustrate the author's argument.
In this volume, scholars from a variety of disciplines address the
following questions: what are the linkages between systemic
features and the small states' environment; does the emerging
international system augur well for small states; what can be
expected of allies, big and small; what are the interactions
between small states and regional organizations; what national
strategies best serve the precarious survival of small states; and
what are the appropriate defence policies in the changing
technological and political environment? This collection not only
tackles the issue of the future of small states in the post-Cold
War international order, but also investigates the future of
international relations.
The Arab countries and the Arab Middle East have been projected as
homogeneous and united social and political entities. Yet beneath
the surface, ethnic tensions and conflicts simmer. Some of these
conflicts are well known and the issues arising therefrom are part
of the regular diet of news. Other tensions involving ethnic
minorities and ethnic diasporas are less well known. But they are
no less problematic for regional actors. Particularly so since they
are not only influenced by global developments, but they also
significantly influence political, economic, cultural and
ideological regional and intrastate developments. ... The purpose
of this book is to highlight the factors, forces, and circumstances
that affect inter-communal relations in the region, and point
toward strategies and circumstances that promote or hinder
coexistence and integration, or antagonism. By studying diasporas
in the Middle East in terms of their significant regional factors
in relation to the Middle Eastern diaspora worldwide, this book
makes an important and unique contribution to linking the study of
Middle Eastern diasporas to the general new field of diasporic
studies.
This book investigates the identity issues of South Asians in the
diaspora. It engages the theoretical and methodological debates
concerning processes of culture and identity in the contemporary
context of globalisation and transnationalism. It analyses the
South Asian diaspora - a perfect route to a deeper understanding of
contemporary socio-cultural transformations and the way in which
information and communication technology functions as both a
catalyst and indicator of such transformations. The book will be of
interest to scholars of diaspora studies, cultural studies,
international migration studies, and ethnic and racial studies.
This book is a collection of papers from the journal South Asian
Diaspora.
Challenging the established view that the civilian sector in
Israel has been predominant over its security sector since the
state's independence in 1948, this volume critically and
systematically reexamines the relationship between these sectors
and provides a deeper, more nuanced view of their interactions.
Individual chapters cast light on the formal and informal
arrangements, connections, and dynamic relations that closely tie
Israel's security sector to the country's culture, civil society,
political system, economy, educational system, gender relations,
and the media. Among the issues and events discussed are Israel's
separation barrier, the impact of Israel's military confrontations
with the Palestinians and other Middle Eastern states especially
Lebanon and the impact of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The
Israeli case offers insights about the role of the military and
security in democratic nations in contemporary times."
Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, and
particularly after the Israeli-Arab War of 1967, a highly informal
but simultaneously potent security network has influenced Israel's
domestic sphere. Composed of acting and former security personnel
and their partners in the state's various civilian spheres, this
security network has affected Israeli culture, politics, society,
economy, public discourse, and foreign relations. This book
discusses this major sociopolitical phenomenon and its effects in a
comparative and theoretical perspective. First, it defines Israel's
security network in a broad theoretical and comparative
perspective. Second, it explains how Israel's security network
emerged and acquired a hegemonic position in the area of national
security and foreign policy. Third, it describes the security
network and identifies its members. Fourth, it discusses and
explains the multitude of roles that Israel's security network has
come to play both domestically and externally. Fifth, it discusses
similar phenomena in other relevant cases. Finally, it presents
general analytical and theoretical conclusions.
This book is intended to fill in a gap in the study of modern
ethno-national diasporas. Thus, against the background of current
trends - globalization, democratization, the weakening of the
nation-state and massive transstate migration, it examines the
politics of historical, modern and incipient ethno-national
diasporas. It argues that unlike the widely accepted view,
ethno-national diasporism and diasporas do not constitute a recent
phenomenon. Rather, this is a perennial phenomenon whose roots were
in antiquity. Some of the existing diasporas were created in
antiquity, some during the Middle Ages and some are modern. An
essential aspect of this phenomenon is the endless
cultural-social-economic and especially political struggle of these
dispersed ethnic groups that permanently reside in host countries
away from their homelands to maintain their distinctive identities
and connections with their homelands and other dispersed groups of
the same nation. While describing and analyzing the diaspora
phenomenon, the book sheds light on theoretical questions
pertaining to current ethnicity and politics.
This book is about an important cultural-political phenomenon: ethno-national diasporas. While these groups try to "feel at home" in their host countries, they maintain at the same time close contact with their homelands to promote their culture and interests. The book analyzes their continuous struggle to maintain their identity, organize, and fight against all wishing to prevent permanent settlement and integration in the host countries. It discusses the complex questions of the groups' loyalties to their homelands and host countries as well as their contributions to them.
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