The Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society

This publication offers the most wide-ranging examination to date of an intriguing country, one that is often misunderstood. It serves as a comprehensive reference for the growing field of Israel studies and is also a significant resource for students and scholars of comparative politics, recognizing that in many ways Israel is not unique but rather a test case of democracy in deeply divided societies and states engaged in intense conflict.

Reuven Y. Hazan is Professor of Political Science and Chair in Israeli Democracy and Politics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Alan Dowty is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame.
Menachem Hofnung is Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Gideon Rahat is Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute.

- Introduction to Israeli Politics and Society
- Reuven Y. Hazan, Alan Dowty, Menachem Hofnung, and Gideon Rahat
- Part I: Introduction
- 1. Israel as a Field of Study: A Historical Overview
- Ilan Troen
- 2. A Minimal Demographic History of Israel
- Sergio DellaPergola
- 3. State and Society Building in Early Israel
- Orit Rozin
- 4. Political History of Israel
- Anita Shapira
- 5. Democracy in Israel
- Alan Dowty
- 6. Israel's Wars
- David Tal
- Part II: Israeli Society
- 7. Sociopolitical Cleavages in Israel
- Uri Ram
- 8. Arab Citizens in the "Jewish" State of Israel
- Itzhak Galnoor
- 9. Religion, Society, and Politics in Israel
- Asher Cohen
- 10. Immigration Dynamics and Changing Constructions of Jewish Nativeness in Israel
- Adane Zawdu and Sarah S. Willen
- 11. The Jewish Ethnic Divide and Ethnic Politics in Israel
- Sammy Smooha
- 12. Gender in Israel
- Reut Itzkovitch-Malka
- 13. Conceptualizing Palestinian Politics in Israel in the Shadow of the Arab Spring
- Amal Jamal
- 14. Public Opinion in Israel: The Sociodemographic Nexus
- Tamar Hermann
- Part III: Israeli Political Institutions
- 15. The "Constitutional" System of Israel
- Gregory Mahler
- 16. The Executive Branch in Israel
- Ofer Kenig
- 17. The Legislative Branch in Israel
- Chen Friedberg and Reuven Y. Hazan
- 18. The Judicial Branch in Israel
- Menachem Hofnung and Mohammed S. Wattad
- 19. The Electoral System of Israel
- Matthew S. Shugart
- 20. Parties and the Party System of Israel
- Reuven Y. Hazan
- 21. Bureaucratic Politics in Israel
- Sharon Gilad and Nissim Cohen
- 22. Political Reform in Israel
- Gideon Rahat
- 23. The Political Institutions of the Palestinian Minority in Israel
- As'ad Ghanem
- Part IV: Israel and the World
- 24. Israel's National Security Policy
- Chuck Freilich
- 25. Israel's Policy in and toward the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
- Oren Barak
- 26. Israel and the Palestinians
- Avraham Sela
- 27. Israel and the Arab World
- Itamar Rabinovich
- 28. US-Israeli Relationship
- Kenneth W. Stein
- 29. Israel's Global Perspective
- Colin Shindler
- 30. Israel and the Jewish Diaspora
- Mira Sucharov
- Part V: Issues in Israeli Politics
- 31. The Territories in Israeli Politics
- Arie Perliger and Ami Pedahzur
- 32. Religion in Israeli Politics
- Guy Ben-Porat
- 33. The Military in Israeli Politics
- Yoram Peri
- 34. Civil Society and Israeli Democracy
- Yael Yishai
- 35. Political Culture and Israeli Politics
- Gal Ariely
- 36. Electoral Behavior in Israel
- Assaf Shapira and Gideon Rahat
- 37. Political Communication and Israeli Politics
- Dana Markowitz-Elfassi, Tamir Sheafer, Yariv Tsfati, Gabriel Weimann, and Gadi Wolfsfeld
- 38. The Political Economy of Israeli Neoliberalism
- Ronen Mandelkern and Michael Shalev