TY - JOUR
AU - Tsfati, Yariv.
AB - Book Reviews ♦ 201 Israel is more egalitarian than a number of other countries at or above its level of wealth. (p. 135) Ezrahi, on the other hand, suggests an opposite trend: “ Israel has moved, in recent years, to a place close to the top of the list of countries displaying the largest gaps between rich and poor” (p. 153). The final two sections of the book, on security issues and Zionism and history, respectively, focus more directly on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Dowty’s contribution examines negotiations between Israel and the Arab countries and between Israel and the Palestinians. Asher Arian’s chapter re- ports the results of public opinion surveys on the peace proccess. Derek Pens- lar’s concluding chapter seeks to place the analysis of Israeli politics within its appropriate historical and cultural context by urging scholars to link Jewish Studies and Israel Studies. Though I wish that short introductory essays preceded each of the sec - tions to draw out the links among the chapters, the book is a valuable collec- tion of work by established scholars in Israel Studies. The eclecticism of the chapters is both a positive and a negative. Chapters in a more coherent volume 
TI - Telepopulism: Media and Politics in Israel (review)
JO - Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies
DA - 2006-07-12
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/purdue-university-press/telepopulism-media-and-politics-in-israel-review-tp0bkTdFto
SP - 201
EP - 204
VL - 24
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -