Chapter 1 Myths and Models: The State-in-Society Approach and the Experience of Israel

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter ii
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction
5. Myths and Models: The State-in-Society Approach and the Experience of Israel 3
6. State Making
7. The Crystallization of the State and the Struggles Over Rule Making: Israel in Comparative Perspective 25
8. Laying the Basis for a Strong State: The British and Zionists in Palestine 51
9. Vision and Practice: The Leader, the State, and the Transformation of Society 81
10. Society Making
11. Civil Society in Israel 107
12. Society Formation and the Case of Israel 123
13. Social Crisis
14. Changing Boundaries and Social Crisis: Israel and the 1967 War 149
15. The Odd Man Out: Arabs in Israel 173
16. Notes 195
17. Bibliography 219
18. Index 233