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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe Oxford Handbook is an important contribution to the literature that will be a useful reference to both students and scholars of Israeli politics for years to come. * Heather Stoll, Middle East Journal *
Table of ContentsIntroduction 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
