Ethnic Politics in Israel: The Margins and the Ashkenazi Centre

by As'ad Ghanem

Book Overview

This book offers an analysis on contemporary Israeli democracy, examining in particular society and politics from the perspectives of the different ethnic groups outside of the Ashkenazi mainstream.

The book explores the political expressions of the secondary groups in Israel (Mizrahim, Religious, Russians and Palestinian-Arab) and how these groups where treated by the Ashkinazim as a threat to its hegemony over the state. Looking at the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415847486
• ISBN13: 9780415847483
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"