The contradictions of Israeli citizenship : land, religion, and state / edited by Guy Ben-Porat and Bryan S. Turner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Contemporary Dilemmas of Israeli Citizenship / Guy Ben-Porat and Bryan S. Turner -- 1. Collective Identities, Public Spheres, Civil Society and Citizenshipin the Contemporary Era - with some Observations on the Israeli Scene / S. N. Eisenstadt -- 2. Military Hierarchies and Collective Action: The Case of Israel / Yagil Levi -- 3. Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in the Israeli Welfare State: State-Building and Political Economy / Zeev Rosenhek -- 4. Corporatism and Multiculturalism as Responses to Ethnic Claims and Socio-economic Inequality: The Case of Shas / David Lehmann and Batia Siebzehner -- 5. Citizenship, Identity, and Ethnic Mobilization in Israel: The Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow - Between Universalism and Particularism / Ofir Abu -- 6. Fundamentalist Citizenships: The Haredi Challenge / Nurit Stadler, Edna Lomsky-Feder and Eyal Ben-Ari -- 7. NGOization of the Israeli Feminist Movement: Depoliticizing or Redefining Political Spaces? / Hanna Herzog -- 8. Parading Pridefully into the Mainstream: Gay and Lesbian Immersion in the Civil Core / Amit Kama -- 9. Inward Turns: Citizenship, Solidarity and Exclusion / Guy Ben-Porat -- 10. Civic Associations, Empowerment and Democratization: Arab Civil Society in Israel / Amal Jamal -- 11. All by Myself? The Paradox of Citizenship Among the FSU Immigrants in Israel / Michael Philippov and Evgenia Bystrov -- 12. The Rise and Fall of Liberal Nationalism / Yoav Peled

This book provides an integrated analysis of the complex nature of citizenship in Israel. Contributions from leading social and political theorists explore different aspects of citizenship through the demands and struggles of minority groups to provide a comprehensive picture of the dynamics of Israeli citizenship and the dilemmas that emerge at the collective and individual levels. Considering the many complex layers of membership in the state of Israel including gender, ethnicity and religion, the book identifies and explores processes of inclusion and exclusion that are general issues in any modern polity with a highly diverse civil society. While the focus is unambiguously on modern Israel, the interpretations of citizenship are relevant to many other modern societies that face similar contradictory tendencies in membership. As such, the book will be of great interest to students and scholars of political science, political sociology and law.