Governing Israel - Chosen People, Promised Land and Prophetic Tradition

Informationen zum Autor Ira Sharkansky Klappentext Israeli politics and policymaking reflect themes long embedded in Jewish culture. In Governing Israel Sharkansky discusses three central issues in Israeli public affairs: religion! national security! and social policy. He describes how policymakers relate to these issue and themes. Major problems may not be solved! but they are managed in a way that is tolerable. It is in this trait that Israel resembles other western democracies. In sum! biblical themes affect Israels political rhetoric more than they affect the way officials actually work out their problems. Pragmatic coping with worldly realities generally overcomes emotional expressions that convey ingredients of spirituality. Zusammenfassung Israeli politics and policymaking reflect themes long imbedded in Jewish culture Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, 1. The Chosen People in the Promised Land, 2. The Prophetic Tradition, 3. A Politicized Economy, a Cumbersome Giant, 4. Religion: Contentious from the Time of the Bible to Yesterday and Today, 5. Palestinian Terror, External Constraints, and Domestic Dispute, 6. Misplaced Hyperbole: Traffic Deaths and Social Policy, 7. University Management: Aspirations and Problems in the Promised Land, 8. A Place with Too Much History, 9. Decision Rules: Coping, Simplicity, and Non-Decision, Index

Product details

• Authors: IRA Sharkansky
• Assisted by: IRA Sharkansky (Editor), Sharkansky Ira (Editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2005
• EAN: 9780765802774
• ISBN: 978-0-7658-0277-4
• No. of pages: 225
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Israel, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Politics & government, Politics and government