Immigration and Ethnic Formation in a Deeply Divided Society - The Case of the 1990s Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel

This book provides a new critical perspective on questions of immigration and society in Israel through a detailed analysis of ethnic formation, identity patterns, political behavior, and cultural orientation among the 1990s immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel.

About the author

Majid Al-Haj, Ph.D. (1984) in Sociology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor of Sociology and the Head of the Center for Multiculturalism at the University of Haifa. He has published extensively on demography, ethnicity and education including Education, Empowerment and Control: The Case of the Arabs in Israel (SUNY, 1995).

Product details

• Authors: Majid Al-Haj
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2003
• EAN: 9789004136250
• ISBN: 978-90-04-13625-0
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 239 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 472 g
• Series: International Studies in Socio
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories