Wildfire: Grassroots Revolts in Israel in the Post-Socialist EraWildfire is a wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary study of the other side of Israeli public life. Because the governmental service systems work poorly, and political protest has proved to be largely ineffective, the Israeli public has begun to take matters into their own hands, in effect creating numerous alternative service systems in almost all spheres of life. |
Contents
The Spark Zionism Socialism and Governmental Paternalism | 13 |
Rotting Timbers The Decay of the Establishment | 33 |
Brushfires Early Grassroots Awakenings | 49 |
Issues | 57 |
National Security Settling Scores | 59 |
Economy Blue and Black | 69 |
Communications The Mess Media Revolt | 85 |
Health A Hemorrhaging System | 97 |
ConstitutionMaking Founding Sons | 129 |
Conclusions | 137 |
Potential Grassroots Fires | 139 |
Conflagration? Fireproofing the System | 151 |
Loyalty Voice and Vex It A Theory of AlterPolitics | 161 |
Between Past and Future Israels Grassroots Revolts in Historical CrossComparative Perspective | 169 |
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Wildfire: Grassroots Revolts in Israel in the Post-Socialist Era Sam Lehman-Wilzig Limited preview - 2012 |
Wildfire: Grassroots Revolts in Israel in the Post-Socialist Era Sam N. Lehman-Wilzig Limited preview - 1992 |
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