Reconstructing the Civic : Palestinian Civil Activism in Israel
Explores the civic activism of the Palestinian minority in Israel for a better understanding of the relationship between civic activism and democratization in ethnic states.
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Albany : State University of New York Press,
2020
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| Schlagworte: | Palestinian Arabs-Political activity-Israel Palestinian Arabs Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (316 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Explores the civic activism of the Palestinian minority in Israel for a better understanding of the relationship between civic activism and democratization in ethnic states. Intro -- Contents -- Graphs and Tables -- Prologue -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- The Methodological Framework -- Chapter 2 The Theoretical Framing of Civic Activism: A Critical Appraisal -- Civic Engagement and the Theorization of Collective Action -- The Civic and the Political in Collective Action -- Civil Society, the State, Religiosity, and Minoritarian Politics -- Civil Society, Democratization, and Neoliberalization -- Civil Society, Civic Engagement, and Social Capital -- The Liberal and the Postcolonial in Civil Society -- Chapter 3 Civic Activism, Minority Politics, and National Conflicts -- Civil Society and Political Culture -- Contextualizing Palestinian Civic Activism in Israel -- Chapter 4 Political Culture and Civil Society: Relevant Lessons from the Arab World -- Conceptualizations of Civil Society in Arab Culture -- Religion, Civility, and Civil Society in Arab Culture -- Chapter 5 Neoliberal Nationalism and Civil Society in Israel -- Historical Development of Israeli Civil Society -- Civil Society and the "Nationalizing Neo-Liberal State" -- Setting Legal Limitations on Critical Civic Activism -- The Rise of Nationalist "Bad" Civic Organizations -- Summary -- Chapter 6 Transformations in the PCI, the Emerging New Elite, and Civic Activism -- Education and the Changing Characteristics of PCI Leadership -- Active Citizenship and Political Mobilization -- Formal Political Activism and Strategic Dilemmas of the PCI -- Chapter 7 Palestinian CSOization, Active Citizenship, and the Politics of Contention -- The Roots of Palestinian CSOization in Israel -- Internal Negative Factors -- 1. Deterioration of the traditional forms of social solidarity and mutual support -- 2. The decline of Arab political parties -- 3. Inefficient social services of the Arab municipalities -- External Negative Factors. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (316 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781438478739 1438478739 9781438478715 1438478712 |