The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel: Promise Unfulfilled

Dahlia Scheindlin

Published by De Gruyter 2023

The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel

Promise Unfulfilled

Dahlia Scheindlin

Volume 7 in the series Democracy in Times of Upheaval

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110796582

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About this book

A narrative chronicle of Israeli democracy that defines historic phases and follows thematic challenges to democracy, including: competition between religion and the rule of law; the statist society and chaotic minoritocracy; modern illiberal populism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The comprehensive portrait exposes endemic flaws of democracy in Israel, but also shows that Israel has considerable capacity – and responsibility – to fulfill the promise of democracy.

Addresses heated and divisive political issues with historic evidence, explanation and narration.
Provides a compelling narrative in a measured tone.
Defines historic phases and follows thematic challenges to democracy in Israel.

Author / Editor information

Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin is a political scientist, a public opinion expert and a political consultant. She has advised nine national election campaigns in Israel since 1999, and has worked in fifteen other countries as well. In Israel, her research focuses on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, foreign policy, democracy, human rights and civil rights, political analysis, and comparative conflict analysis. Dr. Scheindlin has regional expertise in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, post-conflict societies and transitional democracies. She holds a PhD from Tel Aviv University; she is a policy fellow at The Century Foundation, a regular columnist at Haaretz (English), and a foreign affairs analyst on the BBC television program, Context; she is among the founders of +972 Magazine and has co-hosted several podcasts including the Tel Aviv Review of Books and Election Overdose. She lives in Tel Aviv.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Section I Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section II Pre-State Zionism and the Tangled Roots of Democracy: Late Nineteenth Century to 1947 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Section III Independence and the Least Democratic Decades, 1948 –66 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
Section IV Diverging Paths: Occupation, and Democratic Progress, 1967 –77; 1977 –92 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
Section V The Liberal Potential: 1992 –2009 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Section VI Backlash: 2009–present Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and students of History, Politics and Middle Eastern Studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 267
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 3
- Tables: 2
Keywords: Israel; Democracy; Palestine; Religion and State; Politics; Law; Conflict

eBook

Published: September 18, 2023
ISBN: 9783110796582

Hardcover

Published: September 18, 2023
ISBN: 9783110796452

Paperback

Published: December 4, 2023
ISBN: 9783111395517