Immigration and Ethnic Formation in a Deeply Divided Society: The Case of the 1990s Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel
This book deals with the ethnic formation among the 1990s immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel, in light of both domestic changes, and developments in the Israel- Arab conflict. Based on a broad variety of quantitative and qualitative methods, the book presents a detailed analysis of identity patterns among these immigrants, their orientation in matters of religion, society, culture and politics, and their relationships with all the constituent groups in Israeli society -...
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This book deals with the ethnic formation among the 1990s immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel, in light of both domestic changes, and developments in the Israel- Arab conflict. Based on a broad variety of quantitative and qualitative methods, the book presents a detailed analysis of identity patterns among these immigrants, their orientation in matters of religion, society, culture and politics, and their relationships with all the constituent groups in Israeli society – including the Palestinian minority. The book provides a new critical perspective on questions of immigration, ethnicity and society in Israel. The analysis is placed in a global theoretical context that challenges the dominant approach in the sociology of immigration in Israel, which is based on the Zionist paradigm.
List of TablesList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Ch. 1Theoretical Framework13Ch. 2Israeli Society: a Background35Ch. 3Jews of Russia and the Former Soviet Union: Background and Waves of Immigration72Ch. 4Identity Patterns and Ethnic Formation91Ch. 5Attitudes toward Civil Society and Freedom of Expression116Ch. 6Political Organization134Ch. 7Immigrants versus Israeli Society154Ch. 8Attitudes of Veteran Groups toward Immigrants181Concluding Remarks205Bibliography221Index239
