Israel & Palestine, Human Geography, Sociology, Democracy, Middle Eastern, Political Science, War & Peace, Europe, Middle East, International Relations 

CASS SERIES: Israel History, Politics and Society 

A Dissenting Democracy explores the tension between the will of the whole of Israeli society and the right of the individual conscience to take precedence over that collective will. The author explores the dilemmas that stem from such an individual stance in relation to Jewish political culture. - from Amzon 

CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................... P. 1
- The Choice of Dissent ............................................... P. 7
- The Case of Peace Now ............................................ P. 8
- A Conceptual Framework ......................................... P. 17
- Definition of Limitations ........................................... P. 19
- Democratic Dissent ................................................. P. 23
- Integration and Cleavages ....................................... P. 28
- Norms and Values .................................................. P. 32
- Political Culture ..................................................... P. 34
2. STRUCTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN ISRAEL .... p. 41
- History .............................................. P. 43
- Political Parties ................................... P. 47
- Labour .............................................. P. 48
- Nationalist Parties .............................. p. 52
- Religious Parties ................................ P. 54
- Parties of Participation ....................... P. 55
- Parties of Separation.......................... P. 56
- The Knesset ..................................... P. 61
- A Constitution .................................. P. 62
- Elections ......................................... P. 63
- Government .................................... P. 65
- Summary ....................................... P. 67
3. ISRAELI PEACE MOVEMENTS ........... P. 71
- The Early Period .............................. P. 71
- After 1967: Status Quo and Protest ... P. 75
- 1973 - 77: The Yom-Kippur War- A Watershed .............. P. 81
- 1977- 82: The Peace Process Stars .............................. P. 83
- 1982 - 84: War and Peace .......................................... P. 87
- 1984 - 87 Internal Problems and Uprising .................... P. 91
4. PEACE NOW: ANATOMY OF A MOVEMENT .................... P. 95
- Impediments ............................................................ P. 97
- Penetration .............................................................. P. 100
- Expansion ................................................................ P. 102
- Summary ................................................................. P. 107
5. THE ETHNIC DIMENSION .......................................... P. 109
- Background .............................................................. P. 110
- The Politicization of Ethnic Identity .............................. P. 114
- Summary ................................................................. P. 117
6. THE JEWISH POLITICAL CULTURE OF ISRAEL .............. P. 124
- Extra-Parliamentary Protest in Israel ........................... P. 129
7. CONCLUSIONS: A DISSENTING CULTURE .................. P. 139
- Dissent and Political Culture ....................................... P. 144