1st Edition

Peacemaking in a Divided Society Israel After Rabin

Edited By Sasson Sofer Copyright 2001

    This is an interdisciplinary study of Israeli society in one of the defining moments in the history of Israel. The contributors discuss the critical aspects of the political order, economics, the military, the role of the media and legal reform that are shaping a new Israel.

    Israel in the world order - social and international perspectives, Sasson Sofer; peace policy as domestic and foreign policy - the Israeli case, Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov; voters' attitudes on the Arab-Israeli conflict and the 1996 elections, Agraham Diskin; the Israel right and the peace process, Ehud Sprinzak; the Labour Party and the peace process, Reuven Y. Hazan; the Israeli Arabs and Israeli foreign policy - minority participation in ethnoregional politics, Hillel Frisch; regional conflict, country risk and foreign direct investment in the Middle East, Victor Lavy; the peace process and the internationalization of internal legal arrangements, Menachem Hofnung; the role of the media in shaping Israeli public opinion, Chanan Naveh; the unique approach to military-societal relations in Israel and its impact on foreign and security policy, Mishe Lissak.

    Biography

    Sasson Sofer

    'This book should command the attention of scholars (and interested general readers) concerned with Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict.' - Israel Affairs