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Yakobson, Alexander; Rubinstein, Amnon - Israel and the Family of Nations - 9780415781374 - V9780415781374
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Israel and the Family of Nations

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Description for Israel and the Family of Nations Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 412.

Can Israel be both Jewish and truly democratic? How can a nation–state, which incorporates a large national minority with a distinct identity of its own be a state of all its citizens?

Written by two eminent Israeli scholars, a professor of constitutional law and a historian, Alexander Yakobson and Amnon Rubinstein are the first to treat Zionism and Israeli experience in light of other states’ experiences and in particular of newly established states that have undergone constitutional changes and wrestled with issues of minorities. Citing various European, constitutions and laws, the authors explore concept of a Jewish State and its ... Read more

In light of the new political map in Israel and the prospect of future disengagement from the West Bank, Israel and the Family of Nations is essential reading for all those who wish to understand Israel’s future challenges.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415781374
SKU
V9780415781374
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
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About Yakobson, Alexander; Rubinstein, Amnon
Dr. Alexander Yacobson is a Senior lecturer in the history department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Prof. Amnon Rubinstein, is currently Provost and Dean of the Radzyner School of Law at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzlia. He is a former Minister of Education and a regular contributor to Israseli Dailies.

Reviews for Israel and the Family of Nations
'...it is an important book, whose ideas deserve to be widely heard' - The Economist, 2008 'The book is not a traditional pro-Israel polemic in the sense that it does not extol Israeli behavior, but seeks to point out that, in its basic definition and goals, Israel is well within the norms of democratic practice. In Yakobson's words, while ... Read more

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