Format:
1 online resource (265 pages)
ISBN:
9789047402831
Content:
This work deals with the ethnic formation among the 1990s immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel, in light of both domestic changes, and developments in the Israel-Arab conflict. It presents an analysis of identity patterns among these immigrants.
Content:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel -- Methodology -- Immigrants' Survey -- Survey of the General Population -- Students' Survey -- Focus Groups -- Chapter One. Theoretical Framework -- Definitions of "Ethnic Group" -- Immigration and Ethnic Formation -- Ethnic Mobilization -- The Reactive Perspective -- The Competitive Model of Ethnic Mobilization -- Criticism of the Reactive and Competitive Approaches -- Rational Choice Theory -- The Role of the State -- Chapter Two. Israeli Society: A Background -- Immigration and the Construction of Social Boundaries -- Unique vs. Typical Immigration -- An Ideological Value or a Means to Achieve Political Goals -- Immigration and Ethnic Formation in Israel -- Background of Jewish Ethnicity -- Ethnic Composition over Time -- Ethnicity as a Socio-Cultural Rift -- The Modernization-Establishment Approach -- The Melting Pot Ideology -- Counter-approaches to Ethnic Relations -- Ethnic mobilization -- Ethnicity and the Religious-Nonreligious Divide -- The Jewish-Arab Divide -- Background -- Policy toward the Palestinians in Israel -- Social Change -- Economic Deterritorialization -- Political Territorialization -- Cultural Territorialization without Cultural Autonomy -- Multiculturalism vs. Sectarian Identities in Israeli Society -- Chapter Three. Jews of Russia and the Former Soviet Union: Background and Waves of Immigration -- Emigration by Russian/Soviet/FSU Jews -- The First Waves to Palestine -- Immigrants from the Soviet Union in the 1970s -- Ethiopia: A New Reservoir of Immigrants -- Aspirations for Aliya from the West -- The 1990s Wave -- Main Trends -- Differences between the 1970s and the 1990s Waves -- Chapter Four. Identity Patterns and Ethnic Formation -- Communal Ethnic Organizations.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004136250
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004136250
Additional Edition:
Print version Immigration and ethnic formation in a deeply divided society : The case of the 1990s immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel
Language:
English
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