The Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society

Reuven Y. Hazan is Professor of Political Science and Chair in Israeli Democracy and Politics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Alan Dowty is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. Menachem Hofnung is Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Gideon Rahat is Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute.

Introduction to Israeli Politics and Society
Reuven Y. Hazan, Alan Dowty, Menachem Hofnung, and Gideon Rahat

Part I: Introduction
1. Israel as a Field of Study: A Historical Overview
Ilan Troen
2. A Minimal Demographic History of Israel
Sergio DellaPergola
3. State and Society Building in Early Israel
Orit Rozin
4. Political History of Israel
Anita Shapira
5. Democracy in Israel
Alan Dowty
6. Israel's Wars
David Tal

Part II: Israeli Society
7. Sociopolitical Cleavages in Israel
Uri Ram
8. Arab Citizens in the "Jewish" State of Israel
Itzhak Galnoor
9. Religion, Society, and Politics in Israel
Asher Cohen
10. Immigration Dynamics and Changing Constructions of Jewish Nativeness in Israel
Adane Zawdu and Sarah S. Willen
11. The Jewish Ethnic Divide and Ethnic Politics in Israel
Sammy Smooha
12. Gender in Israel
Reut Itzkovitch-Malka
13. Conceptualizing Palestinian Politics in Israel in the Shadow of the Arab Spring
Amal Jamal
14. Public Opinion in Israel: The Sociodemographic Nexus
Tamar Hermann

Part III: Israeli Political Institutions
15. The