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The Jewish State: A Century Later

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"What exactly is meant by a ""Jewish"" state? Can a state be both Jewish and democratic? Did the creation of Israel resolve the age-old Jewish dilemma of having a state which is both ""a light unto the nations"" as well as being ""a people that dwells alone""?

The Jewish State is a comprehensive interpretative study of the historical roots and contemporary functioning of Israel. Nationhood and democracy have not unfolded in a social or political vacuum, but instead developed from pre-state Jewish traditions in Palestine and in Eastern Europe. Dowty elucidates a broad cluster of cultural, historical, and ideological tenets that have come to comprise the infrastructure of the contemporary political system. His analysis provides a new interpretation of the formation and development of the Israeli nation.

The success of Jewish politics, Dowty concludes, has been its capacity for power-sharing. Dowty's demonstration of this fact reveals the strengths and weakness of Israeli democracy in responding to the challenges of communal divisions, religious contention, non-Jewish minorities, and accommodation with the Palestinians. This book will prove invaluable for students, scholars, and general readers looking for one book that will give them an intelligent overview of the Jewish state."

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Call Number

320.95694 DOW t

Publisher

California : University of California Press., 1998

Collation

xiv, 337 pgs.; 16 x 24 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0520209419

Classification

320.95694

Content Type

text

Media Type

unmediated

Carrier Type

other (unmediated)

Edition

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Subject(s)

Jewish State
Zionism

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Alan Dowty

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