Israel's Regime Untangled

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-84525-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Israel attracts enormous attention among scholars, journalists, politicians, and the general public. Some regard the country as an apartheid regime that can only be challenged through boycotts and sanctions. Others believe it is a stable liberal democracy, created under extreme conditions. This book seeks to unravel these conflicting interpretations by focusing on three questions: How can the Israeli regime be classified? What are the borders of the Israeli regime? And what are the key factors that shape the regime and support its relative stability? Gal Ariely calls for an approach which disaggregates democracy into specific dimensions, examining the diverse aspects of the Israeli regime to determine the level of 'democraticness' exhibited rather than classifying the regime as a whole. In doing so he provides a comprehensive account of the Israeli regime, untangling conflicting interpretations and illustrates the advantages of using this approach for analysing disputed regimes more widely.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ariely, Gal

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. How the Israeli Regime is Classified; 2. Circumventing the Challenges in the Classification of Israel (A): Disaggregated Analysis of the Israeli Regime Across Dimensions of Democraticness; 3. Circumventing the Challenges in the Classification of Israel (B): Spatial Analysis of the Israeli Regime; 4. Democraticness of the Israeli Regime Across Dimensions and Zones of Control; 5. The Conflict and the Israeli Regime; 6. State Capacity: Stability and Changes in the Israeli Regime; Conclusions: The Israeli Regime Untangled.

Über Autor(innen)

Ariely, Gal
Gal Ariely is Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev where his research focuses on democracy and national identity. He published across a wide spectrum of journals including Political Research Quarterly, Nation and Nationalism and Political Studies.