Governing Israel
Subtitle: Chosen People, Promised Land and Prophetic Tradition
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: June 9, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780765802774
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Politics and government; Jewish Studies; History: World; History; Politics / Current Events; Israel; Jews; Government - International; Social Science / Jewish Studies; Jewish - General; Election, Doctrine of; Judaism and politics; Palestine in Judaism
Description: "Sharkansky discusses three central issues in Israeli public affairs: religion, national security, and social policy. He describes how policymakers relate to these issues and themes. Major problems may not be solved, but they are managed in a way that is tolerable. It is in this trait that Israel resembles other Western democracies. In sum, biblical themes affect Israel's political rhetoric more than they affect the way officials actually work out their problems. Pragmatic coping with worldly realities generally overcomes emotional expressions that convey ingredients of spirituality."--BOOK JACKET.