Uri Ram

The Globalization of Israel (eBook, ePUB)

McWorld in Tel Aviv, Jihad in Jerusalem

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on how globalization is impacting contemporary Israel, it focuses on two conflicting trends; liberal democracy with a cosmopolitan edge, and ethno-religious traditionalism. Ram's book will stand as an ideal introduction to contemporary Israel and its place in the world.

The book has been nominated in 2008 for the Shapiro Prize at the twenty-fourth annual conference for the Association for Israel Studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135926816
• Artikelnr.: 39909777

Autorenporträt

Uri Ram, a sociologist, is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Ben Gurion University, Israel. In the 1990s, Ram was the first scholar to employ a global perspective in analyzing Israeli society. He is the author, editor and co-editor of six books, as well as numerous articles about this and other related topics. His work has been published in English, Hebrew, German, French, and Arabic. He is a widely published scholar on Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: It Could be Any City. Introduction: The Globalization Paradigm in
Israel 1. Globalization 2. Polarization 3. Post-Fordization 4.
Americanization 5. McDonaldization 6. Postnationalization. Conclusion:
Israel as Studied by the Globalization Paradigm