Chapter 1. Greedy Institutions, Mediating Structures, and Empirical Examples

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE of CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART I STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS
6. Chapter 1. Greedy Institutions, Mediating Structures, and Empirical Examples 10
7. Chapter 2. Military Attitudes toward Religious Soldiers: Five Case Studies 22
8. PART II BEING A SOLDIER AND A RELIGIOUS JEW: DILEMMAS AND SOLUTIONS
9. Chapter 3. Military Service from Ideological, Halakhic, and Value Perspectives 46
10. Chapter 4. The Hesder Yeshivot 75
11. Chapter 5. The Shiluv Program 93
12. Chapter 6. The Mekhinot: Preservice Preparatory Seminaries 104
13. Chapter 7. The Gar’inim Program: Jewish Orthodox Women and the IDF 123
14. Chapter 8. Mediation in Practice 141
15. Chapter 9. Problems for Individual Religious Soldiers during Military Service 168
16. Chapter 10. Senior and Junior Officers’ Views on the Study Programs 180
17. Chapter 11. Mediation as Communication: The Programs’ Role 190
18. PART III. SUMMARIES AND CONCLUSIONS
19. Chapter 12. Study Programs as Mediating Structures 214
20. Chapter 13. Comparisons and Conclusions 233
21. Methodological Appendix 243
22. Glossary 251
23. Notes 255
24. Bibliography 273
25. Index 299