Polarization and consensus-building in Israel : the center cannot hold /: the center cannot hold. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Elie Friedman, Michal Neubauer-Shani, Paul Scham.
• Editors: Friedman, Elie; Neubauer-Shani, Michal; Scham, Paul
• Contents: Introduction Part I: Polarization Trends 1. The Great Division: The Fateful Polarization of (Jewish) Israeli Society in the 1980s Paul Scham 2. The Political Polarization Surrounding the Oslo Accords and the National Religious Party in Israel Aharon (Roni) Kampinsky 3. To Drink or to Boycott? Israel's Borders, the BDS Movement, and the Case of SodaStream Noy Assraf and Omri Shamir 4. A Summary of the Relationships between the Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI and the Jewish People: Closer Theological Relations, Conflicting Political Relations Eliav Taub 5. The Two Ongoing Narratives and Current Disputes on the Affair of "The Missing Yemenite Children" in Israel Dov Levitan 6. An Examination of the Liberal-Conservative Polarization in Mediated Discourse on Civic Studies in Israel Michal Neubauer-Shani and Elie Friedman Part II: Consensus Trends and Consensus-Building 7. Government by Consensus? A Comparison of the Alignment-Likud (1984-1988) and the Likud-Blue and White (2020) National Unity Coalitions Csaba Nikolenyi 8. Israel’s Secular-Religious Cleavage: Postsecular Genealogies and Remedies David Barak-Gorodetsky and Ofer Zalzberg 9. The Politics of Arab Israelis: The Quest for Legitimacy Yitzhak Reiter and Victoria Feher 10. Adversarial Heritage as Consensus Heritage in a Jewish City: Arab Heritage Preservation in Ashkelon Avraham (Avi) Sasson Part III: The Middle Ground – The Maintenance of the Status Quo 11. Israel's First Antitrust Law, the Agricultural Exemption, and the Mapai-Right Liberal Rift Eli Goldstein and Daniel Schiffman 12. The Controversy Surrounding Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Position Regarding the Two-State Solution – Background and Implications Zaki Shalom 13. Polarization, Integration & Moderation: The Case of Ra’am Anwar Mhajne 14. When State Meets Community: Trends of Consensus and Polarization - COVID-19 and Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel Shlomi Doron 15. Visible, Blurred or Concealed: Religion and Gender in 21st Century Textbooks Zehavit Schenkolewski
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (400 page), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 320.95694; Polarization (Social sciences) -- Israel; Consensus (Social sciences) -- Israel; Israel -- Politics and government -- 1993-
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000874686; 9781000874679
• Related ISBNs: 9781032293318
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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