Being Israeli: The Dynamics of Multiple Citizenship

Cambridge Middle East Studies #16

by Gershon Shafir, Yoav Peled

This penetrating and timely study by two well-known scholars offers a theoretically informed account of the political sociology of Israel. The argument is set in its historical context as the authors trace Israel's development from the beginning of Zionist settlement in Palestine in the early 1880s to the Oslo accords in 1993, and finally to the recent Palestinian uprising. Against this background, they speculate on the idea of citizenship and what it means to be the citizen of a fragmented and ideologically divided society.

Genres: Sociology, Nonfiction, College, Israel

412 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Jenny · Rating 2 out of 5]

Incredibly dense and difficult to follow.

[Dare · Rating 4 out of 5]

Advanced intelligent reading. Definitely not for dummies. Anyone who is interested in knowing about specific details of Israeli’s culture should do so by reading this book.