Alan Dowty is Professor of Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame and Fellow at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. His earlier books include Middle East Crisis (California, 1984) and Closed Borders: The Contemporary Assault on Freedom of Movement (1987).

"Not only has Dowty skillfully attached a tremendous amount of data to a sophisticated conceptual framework, but he has also produced a most readable volume. The Jewish State will surely become a core work in the field of Israeli domestic politics." - David Rodman, Israel Affairs "A careful, balanced and often highly insightful analysis of the making and workings of Israeli democracy. The strength of The Jewish State lies in its ability to elucidate the Israeli political system by examining the interaction between traditional Jewish politics, the pressures of security and immigration, ideological and religious conflicts and, not least, the struggle between Jews and Arabs. Dowty has an intimate knowledge of Israeli society and yet maintains the necessary detachment from the kind of political commitment that mars so many works by Israeli scholars." - Times Literary Supplement"

• LIST OF MAPS AND TABLES PREFACE TO PAPERBACK EDITION PREFACE PART I · THE SHAPING OF ISRAELI DEMOCRACY1. Democracy in Israel2. Jewish Politics3. The Zionist Revolution4. Building a Civic State5. The Filter of Security 6. The Erosion of Ideology PART II · CHALLENGES TO ISRAELI DEMOCRACY7. The Communal Split 8. Religion and Politics9. Arabs in Israel 10. The Impact of the West Bank and Gaza EPILOGUE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

Alan Dowty is Professor of Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame and Fellow at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. His earlier books include Middle East Crisis (California, 1984) and Closed Borders: The Contemporary Assault on Freedom of Movement (1987).

"Not only has Dowty skillfully attached a tremendous amount of data to a sophisticated conceptual framework, but he has also produced a most readable volume. The Jewish State will surely become a core work in the field of Israeli domestic politics." - David Rodman, Israel Affairs "A careful, balanced and often highly insightful analysis of the making and workings of Israeli democracy. The strength of The Jewish State lies in its ability to elucidate the Israeli political system by examining the interaction between traditional Jewish politics, the pressures of security and immigration, ideological and religious conflicts and, not least, the struggle between Jews and Arabs. Dowty has an intimate knowledge of Israeli society and yet maintains the necessary detachment from the kind of political commitment that mars so many works by Israeli scholars." - Times Literary Supplement"

• LIST OF MAPS AND TABLES PREFACE TO PAPERBACK EDITION PREFACE PART I · THE SHAPING OF ISRAELI DEMOCRACY1. Democracy in Israel2. Jewish Politics3. The Zionist Revolution4. Building a Civic State5. The Filter of Security 6. The Erosion of Ideology PART II · CHALLENGES TO ISRAELI DEMOCRACY7. The Communal Split 8. Religion and Politics9. Arabs in Israel 10. The Impact of the West Bank and Gaza EPILOGUE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

Alan Dowty is Professor of Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame and Fellow at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. His earlier books include Middle East Crisis (California, 1984) and Closed Borders: The Contemporary Assault on Freedom of Movement (1987).

"Not only has Dowty skillfully attached a tremendous amount of data to a sophisticated conceptual framework, but he has also produced a most readable volume. The Jewish State will surely become a core work in the field of Israeli domestic politics." - David Rodman, Israel Affairs "A careful, balanced and often highly insightful analysis of the making and workings of Israeli democracy. The strength of The Jewish State lies in its ability to elucidate the Israeli political system by examining the interaction between traditional Jewish politics, the pressures of security and immigration, ideological and religious conflicts and, not least, the struggle between Jews and Arabs. Dowty has an intimate knowledge of Israeli society and yet maintains the necessary detachment from the kind of political commitment that mars so many works by Israeli scholars." - Times Literary Supplement"

• LIST OF MAPS AND TABLES PREFACE TO PAPERBACK EDITION PREFACE PART I · THE SHAPING OF ISRAELI DEMOCRACY1. Democracy in Israel2. Jewish Politics3. The Zionist Revolution4. Building a Civic State5. The Filter of Security 6. The Erosion of Ideology PART II · CHALLENGES TO ISRAELI DEMOCRACY7. The Communal Split 8. Religion and Politics9. Arabs in Israel 10. The Impact of the West Bank and Gaza EPILOGUE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX