1st Edition
Ethnic Politics in Israel The Margins and the Ashkenazi Centre
1. Israel as Hegemonic Ethnic State and the Politics of Groups Identity 2. The Palestinian Minority in Israel: Resisting the 'Ethnocratic' System 3. Oriental Jews and the Ashkenazi System: Incorporation Vs. Separation Politics 4. The Jewish Religious Groups and the Politics of Identity in the 'Secular-Jewish' State 5. The Russian Immigrants: Imposing Multi-Culturalism in the Public Sphere in Israel 6. Groups Divisions, External Conflict and Political Instability in Israel since Oslo 7. Conclusion: The Future of Group Politics in Israel
Biography
As'ad Ghanem is senior lecturer at the school of political science at the University of Haifa. His theoretical work has explored the legal, institutional and political conditions in ethnic states, covering issues such as Palestinian political orientations, the establishment and political structure of the Palestinian Authority, and majority-minority politics in a comparative perspective.
