Book Series
Israeli History, Politics and Society
New & Published Titles:
Divided Against Zion
Anti-Zionist Opposition to the Creation of a Jewish State in Palestine, 1945-1948
Using primary sources, this study of the relationship between three anti-Zionist bodies in Britain in the years that directly preceded the founding of the State… read more2000 | Hardback: 978-0-7146-5051-7 (Routledge)
Fabricating Israeli History
The 'New Historians', 2nd Edition
Israeli historiography is under assault by "new historians" exposing "Zionist narrative". This text takes issue with these "revisionists", arguing that they have ignored or misinterpreted… read more2000 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8063-7 (Routledge)
Parties, Elections and Cleavages
Israel in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective
This volume brings together a set of articles on parties, elections and social cleavages that address theoretical aspects of these concepts with reference to Israel,… read more2000 | Hardback: 978-0-7146-5076-0 (Routledge)
Israel: the First Hundred Years
Volume I: Israel’s Transition from Community to State
The Zionist Movement was born in the wake of Jewish emancipation in Western Europe, and at a time of increased persecution in Eastern Europe. This… read more2000 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8024-8 (Routledge)
Revisiting the Yom Kippur War
Looking at the political, military and intelligence components of the Yom Kippur War, this work offers interpretations of Israel's conflict with the Arabs. The contributors,… read more2000 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8067-5 (Routledge)
Israel
The Dynamics of Change and Continuity
These essays examine changes in Israel's political, social and economic institutions, and describe how Israeli culture and institutions are resisting convergence. They are in four… read more1999 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8062-0 (Routledge)
In Search of Identity
Jewish Aspects in Israeli Culture
Culture has played a focal role in the shaping of Jewish-Israeli national identity. Since the 1950s, Israeli culture has been disintegrating into simultaneous sub-cultures. The… read more1998 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-4440-0 (Routledge)
Israel at the Polls, 1996
The 1996 Israeli elections were the first elections by direct vote for the position of prime minister in which a newcomer - Binyamin Netanyahu -… read more1998 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-4421-9 (Routledge)
From Rabin to Netanyahu
Israel's Troubled Agenda
Benjamin Netanyahu's 1996 election victory marked a major turnaround in his fortunes, for only a few months earlier his political career had seemed finished. This… read more1997 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-4383-0 (Routledge)
Series Details:
This series provides a multidisciplinary examination of all aspects of Israeli history, politics and society, and serves as a means of communication between the various communities interested in Israel: academics, policy-makers; practitioners; journalists and the informed public.
Forthcoming Titles:
Secularism and Religion in Jewish-Israeli Politics: Traditionists and Modernity
By Yaacov Yadgar
To be published July 1st 2010
Politics of Memory: Israeli Underground's Confrontations Over Boundaries of State Pantheon
By Udi Lebel
To be published October 1st 2010