TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dowty,Alan
TI  - The Jewish state: a century later 
SN  - 9780520229112
U1  - 320.95694 22
PY  - 1998///]
CY  - Berkeley, Los Angeles
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Israel
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Jews
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Religious, aspects
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Judaism and state
KW  - Identity
KW  - Zionism
KW  - History
KW  - Palestinian Arabs
KW  - MASPPSS
KW  - November2019
KW  - Reading book
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The Jewish State is a comprehensive interpretative study of the historical roots and contemporary functioning of Israel. Nationhood and democracy have not unfolded in a social or political vacuum, but instead developed from pre-state Jewish traditions in Palestine and in Eastern Europe. Dowty elucidates a broad cluster of cultural, historical, and ideological tenets that have come to comprise the infrastructure of the contemporary political system. His analysis provides a new interpretation of the formation and development of the Israeli nation. This book will prove invaluable for students, scholars, and general readers looking for one book that will give them an intelligent overview of the Jewish state.
ER  -