Immigration and Ethnic Formation in a Deeply Divided Society : : The Case of the 1990s Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel / / Majid Al-Haj.
This book deals with the ethnic formation among the 1990s immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel, in light of both domestic changes, and developments in the Israel- Arab conflict. Based on a broad variety of quantitative and qualitative methods, the book presents a detailed analysis of id...
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Superior document: | International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 91 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2004. |
Year of Publication: | 2004 |
Language: | English |
Series: | International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction.
- Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel
- Methodology
- Immigrants' Survey
- Survey of the General Population
- Students' Survey
- Focus Groups
- Chapter 1. Theoretical Framework
- Definitions of "Ethnic Group"
- Immigration and Ethnic Formation
- Ethnic Mobilization
- The Reactive Perspective
- The Competitive Model of Ethnic Mobilization
- Criticism of the Reactive and Competitive Approaches
- Rational Choice Theory
- The Role of the State
- Chapter 2. Israeli Society: A Background
- Immigration and the Construction of Social Boundaries
- Unique vs. Typical Immigration
- An Ideological Value or a Means to Achieve Political Goals
- Immigration and Ethnic Formation in Israel
- Background of Jewish Ethnicity
- Ethnic Composition over Time
- Ethnicity as a Socio-Cultural Rift
- The Modernization-Establishment Approach
- The Melting Pot Ideology
- Counter-approaches to Ethnic Relations
- Ethnic mobilization
- Ethnicity and the Religious-Nonreligious Divide
- The Jewish-Arab Divide
- Background
- Policy toward the Palestinians in Israel
- Social Change
- Economic Deterritorialization
- Political Territorialization
- Multiculturalism vs. Tribalism in Israeli Society
- Chapter 3. The Jews of Russia and the Former Soviet Union: Background and
- Waves of Immigration
- Emigration by Russian/Soviet/FSU Jews
- The First Waves to Palestine
- Immigrants from the Soviet Union in the 1970s
- Ethiopia: A New Reservoir of Immigrants
- Aspirations for Aliya from the West
- The 1990s Wave
- Main Trends
- Differences between the 1970s and the 1990s Waves
- Chapter 4. Identity Patterns and Ethnic Formation
- Communal Ethnic Organizations
- Sources of Information, Russian-Language Media
- Motivation for Migration and Connection with the Home Country
- Self-Identification
- Non-Jewish immigrants
- The Other - Definition: How Veteran Israelis Perceive the Immigrants
- Chapter 5. Attitudes toward Civil Society and Freedom of Expression
- Character of Israel
- Attitudes toward Peace
- Freedom of Expression
- Communication Environments
- Permissiveness
- The Ranking of Rights
- Chapter 6. Political Organization
- Voting Patterns in the Knesset Elections
- Collective vs. Individual Factors behind the Voting Patterns
- Factors behind the Voting for Prime Minister
- The Elections of 2003
- Local Elections
- Chapter 7. Immigrants versus Israeli Society
- Adjustment Patterns
- Residential Adjustment
- Economic Adjustment
- Social Adjustment
- Mutual Influence
- Immigrants' Social Distance from Other Groups in Israel
- Social Distance from Arabs
- Social Distance from other Jewish Groups
- Chapter 8. Attitudes of Veteran Groups toward Immigrants
- Attitudes in the Early 1990s
- Jewish Leadership
- Jewish Public
- The Arab Leadership
- Arab Public
- Trends over Time: A Decade later
- Internal Divisions within Jewish Populations
- Tolerance of Separate Immigrant Organizations
- Social Distance
- The Attitudes of the Younger Generation
- Social Distance as Felt by the Younger Generation
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- List of tables
- List of Figures.