Ethnicity, Religion and Class in Israeli Society

Klappentext This book is a major sociological analysis of the characteristics and interrelationships of ethnicity! religion and socio-economic class in Israeli society. Zusammenfassung This book is a major sociological analysis of the characteristics and interrelationships of ethnicity! religion and socio-economic class in Israeli society. The analysis of ethnicity focuses on the differences among Jews from different countries of origin (from Europe! North Africa and Asia)! although there is also a chapter on Palestinian Arabs in Israel. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Part I. Theoretical and Empirical Background: 1. Ethnicity and society; 2. Divisions in Israeli society; 3. Theoretical perspectives in Israeli sociology; 4. The sample, its background and its setting; Part II. Social Patterns and Behavior: 5. Neighborhoods: synagogues and neighborhood committees; 6. Religiosity and secularization; 7. Friendship networks; Part III. Identities and Images: 8. Ethnic consciousness; 9. Class consciousness; 10. Religion, ethnic and class division: convergent or cross-cutting?; Part IV. The Impact of Stratification: 11. Voting; 12. Discrimination; 13. Assimilation or ethnic solidarity?; Part V. Social Cleavages: An Overview of Israeli Society and Some Theoretical Implications: 14. Cleavages among Jews; 15. Jews and Arabs; 16. Toward a theory of social cleavages; Appendices; Glossary; Notes; References; Index.

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• Authors: Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Ben-Rafael Eliezer, Stephen Sharot, Sharot Stephen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.02.1991
• EAN: 9780521392297
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39229-7
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 237 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, Judaism, c 1960 to c 1970, c 1950 to c 1959, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, C 1945 To C 1960