Immigration and Ethnic Formation in a Deeply Divided Society: The Case of the 1990s Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in IsraelThis 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sample Compared | 7 |
Immigration and Ethnic Formation | 17 |
The Reactive Perspective | 27 |
A Background | 35 |
Immigration and Ethnic Formation in Israel | 41 |
1 Jewish Population of Israel by Origin | 43 |
Chapter Three Jews of Russia and the Former Soviet | 72 |
4 Identity Types by Age | 105 |
How Veteran Israelis | 109 |
8 Identity Types and Extent | 112 |
Chapter Five Attitudes toward Civil Society | 116 |
2 Attitudes toward Territorial Compromise | 121 |
Chapter Six Political Organization | 134 |
Chapter Seven Immigrants versus Israeli Society | 154 |
Chapter Eight Attitudes of Veteran Groups toward | 181 |
1 The 1970s Immigrants from the Soviet | 78 |
Chapter Four Identity Patterns and Ethnic Formation | 91 |
1 Exposure to Mass Media by Knowledge | 99 |
Motivation for Migration and Connection with | 100 |
Concluding Remarks | 205 |
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