Crisis in the Israeli Kibbutz

Meeting the Challenge of Changing Times
Herausgeber: Leviatan, Uriel; Quarter, Jack; Oliver, Hugh

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Within the last decade, the kibbutzim of Israel have experienced a fundamental transformation that poses challenges to their values of collectivism and solidarity. This collection by leading scholars of the kibbutz not only updates knowledge of this innovative society, but also draws parallels to changes occurring in the West. Kibbutz society is currently experiencing major change. Economic crises that erupted ten years ago have transferred into major social and ideological crises. The underlying debate is about what values should govern kibbutzim, as collectivism and altruism clash with individual and egocentric values in offering policies and directions for the future of the kibbutz society. An important result of the changes is the irrelevance of much past research about kibbutzim. This book updates that research. With chapters by leading scholars of the kibbutz, this book not only updates knowledge of this innovative society, but also draws parallels to changes occurring in the West. This collection will be of particular interest to scholars and researchers of the kibbutz and the cooperative phenomenon, and those interested in alternative approaches to aging, education, management, and women's studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9780275958381
• ISBN-10: 0275958388
• Artikelnr.: 25568063

Autorenporträt

Uriel Leviatan, Hugh Oliver, Jack Quarter

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Kibbutz in Crisis by Uriel Leviatan, Jack Quarter, and
Hugh Oliver Kibbutz Demography by Stanley Maron Winds of Change by Shlomo
Getz Work in the Kibbutz by Menachem Rosner Organization in Kibbutz
Industry by Michal Palgi The Changing Identity of Kibbutz Education by
Yechezkel Dar Attitudes of Parents toward Their Own Role and That of the
Caregiver in Two Sleeping Arrangements for Kibbutz Children by Ronit
Plotnik Second and Third Generations in Kibbutzim--Is the Survival of the
Kibbutz Society Threatened? by Uriel Leviatan The Governmental System of
the Kibbutz by Avraham Pavin Women in the Changing Kibbutz by Gila Adar
Individual Needs and Public Distribution in the Kibbutz by Yaakov Gluck
Aging--the Kibbutz Experience by Uriel Leviatan Inter-Kibbutz Organizations
and Cooperatives by Daniel Rosolio Summary and Conclusions by Uriel
Leviatan, Jack Quarter, and Hugh Oliver References Index