Militarism and Israeli society
By: edited by Gabriel Sheffer & Oren Barak
Series: An Israel studies book
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780253354419; 9780253221742
Description: Often, the classic theory of civil-military relations are insufficient when trying to comprehend the Israeli case. The essays within this book challenge that the civilian sector in Israel has maintained its predominance over the security sector since the state's independence in 1948. They provide a deeper and more nuanced view of the actual situation and also throw light on the formal and informal arrangements, connections, and dynamic relations between Israel's security sector, and the country's civilian sector to include the cultural sphere, the political system, society, the economy, and the public discourse. Issues and events discussed are Israel's separation barrier, the impact of Israel's military confrontations with the Palestinians and other Middle Eastern states, and the impact of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Israeli case offers insights about the role of the military and security in democratic nations in contemporary times.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Gabriel Sheffer and Oren Barak; title: The study of civil-military relations in Israel: a new perspective / Oren Barak and Gabriel Sheffer; title: Military knowledge and weak civilian control in the reality of low intensity conflict : the Israeli case / Kobi Michael; title: Civil society, the military, and national security: the case of Israel's security zone in South Lebanon / Avraham Sela; title: Intractable conflict and the media / Yoram Peri; title: Tensions between military service and Jewish orthodoxy in Israel: implications imagined and real / Stuart A. Cohen; title: From "obligatory militarism" to "contractual militarism" : competing models of citizenship / Yagil Levy, Edna Lomsky-Feder, and Noa Harel; title: Shadow lands: the use of land resources for security needs in Israel / Amiram Oren; title: "The battle over our homes": reconstructing/decontructing sovereign practices around Israel's separation barrier on the West Bank / Yuval Feinstein and Uri Ben-Eliezer; title: The debate over the defense budget in Israel / Zalam F. Shiffer; title: Civilian control over the army in Israel and France / Samy Cohen; title: The making of Israel's political-security culture / Amir Bar-Or; title: The discourses of "psychology" and the "normalization" of war in contemporary Israel / Edna Lomsky-Feder and Eyal Ben-Ari; title: Visual representations of IDF women soldiers and "civil-militarism" in Israel / Chava Brownfield-Stein; title: Contradictory representation of the IDF in cultural texts of the 1980's / Yuval Benziman; title: Military and society since 9/11: retrospect and prospect / Christopher Dandeker.