Political decision making and non-decisions
Subtitle: the case of Israel and the occupied territories
By: Ronald Ranta,  Lecturer in Politics, Human Rights and International Releations at Kingston University, UK, and Honorary Research Associate at University College London, UK
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781137447982
Subjects: Politics and government; Occupied territories; Palestinian Arabs; Israel-Arab War, 1967; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security; HISTORY / Middle East / Israel; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy; Mifleget ha-ʻavodah ha-Yiśreʼelit; Decision making
Description: "This book examines Israel's relationship and political decision-making process towards the Occupied Territories from the aftermath of the Six Day War to the Labour Party's electoral defeat in 1977. The period represents the first decade of Israel's occupation of the Occupied Territories and the last decade in which the Labour Party was Israel's most dominant political force. Arguing that the successive Israeli governments headed by the Labour Party lacked a strategic policy towards the Occupied Territories to address the country's objectives and needs, this book demonstrates the detrimental effect this had on Israel, on the Middle East in general, and on the Palestinian people in particular. In addressing key aspects of decision making pathologies, this book raises issues which remain important features of Israeli politics today and an analysis relevant for political decision making worldwide"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Acknowledgments; title: Maps; title: Introduction; title: 1. Early Days; title: 2. Wall-to-Wall Coalition; title: 3. 'I don't know, I am looking for someone who does!'; title: 4. The Best Man in the Government; title: 5. Golda's Kitchen; title: 6. The Grand Debate; title: 7. Hand Picked; title: 8. Submission to Gush Emunim; title: Conclusion; title: Epilogue; title: Bibliography; title: Index.