1st Edition

The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism The State, Continuity and Change

By Arie Krampf Copyright 2018
254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In recent years, Israel has deeply and quickly transformed itself from a self-perceived social-democratic regime into a privatized and liberalized "Start-Up Nation" and a highly divided society. This transition to neoliberalism has been coupled with the adoption of a hawkish and isolationist foreign policy. How can such a deep change be explained? How can a state presumably founded on the basis... Read more

Introduction: Market Nationalism and the Israeli Capitalism  1. States and Markets in Late-Developing Economies Part One: The Formative Period: Economic Ideas and State Preferences  2. Towards an Industrial Revolution  3. Constructing State Capacities  Part Two: From Full Employment to Economic Independence: Production and Finance  4. Economic Independence: Reality, Policy and Rhetoric  5. Establishing a Central Bank in a Late-Developing Country  6. Bank of Israel Independence  7. Developmental Central Banking  8. A Financial Revolution in Israel  Part Three: The Path to Neoliberalism  9. The Stabilization Plan  10. Israel's Hawkish Neoliberalism

Biography

Arie Krampf is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Government and Society, at the Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo, Israel. His research focuses on the political economy of Israel, International Political Economy, European monetary integration and Economic History.