Stratification in Israel
Stratification in Israel

Author: Moshe Semyonov

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-01-22

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1351323393

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Until recently, issues surrounding ethnic-linked inequality, whether between Jews and Arabs or between Jewish ethnic groups, have dominated research on stratification in Israel to the exclusion of other dimensions. Rapidly growing inequality in Israeli society, and its intergenerational persistence, however, have generated several new trends in research. The chapters included in this volume represent the range and depth of recent developments in the study of social stratification, mobility, and inequality. Although they address a variety of issues, they have in common a focus on the institutional mechanisms that govern the allocation of rewards.

Socioeconomic Inequality in Israel
Socioeconomic Inequality in Israel

Author: Nabil Khattab

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1137544813

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This volume addresses different aspects and areas of inequality in Israel, a country characterized by high levels of economic inequality, poverty, and social diversity. The book expands on the mechanisms that produce and maintain inequality, and the role of state policies in influencing those mechanisms.

Promises in the Promised Land
Promises in the Promised Land

Author: Vered Kraus

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1990-05-23

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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From its beginning as an independent state, Israel has been beset by the divisions and tensions that characterize most ethnically mixed societies. This extensively detailed analysis accounts for status attainment in Israeli society by investigating the process of stratification. It documents what happened to Arabs as well as Jewish immigrants and their children by tracing not only the socioeconomic locations, but also the proximate social determinants of the locations of significant ethnic, cultural, gender, and religious groups. Many of the research findings in this timely study have significant implications for social policy in Israel and elsewhere.

Ethnic Integration in Israel
Ethnic Integration in Israel

Author: Michael Inbar

Publisher: Transaction Publishers

Published: 1977-01-01

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 9781412822879

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This study addresses the problem of ethnic stratification in Israel. It is a cross-cultural study based on matched brothers who emigrated from Morocco -- one to France, one to Israel. It probes whether the under-achievement of an ethnic minority -- the Moroccan Jews -- is society-specific or not. The results include a cross-cultural documentation of the relationship existing among immigrants between occupational success and national identification, the effect of two different social structures on children's school achievements, and the discovery of a vulnerable age effect for children who emigrate. The authors use for the first time a multivariate technique proposed by James S. Coleman for estimating the degree to which a matching procedure is satisfactory. Contents: Introduction / Occupation and Income / Housing / Children's Education / Social Integration / Policies of Absorption: A Look at the Receiving End / The Second Generation: Values and Attitudes / The Second Generation: Social Integration / To Remain or To Leave / An Overview / Appendix / References

The Arab Minority In Israel's Economy
The Arab Minority In Israel's Economy

Author: Noah Lewin-epstein

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-11

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1000314669

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The Arab Minority in Israel's Economy considers the Arab population as an integral, albeit disadvantaged, part of Israeli society. Using data from a thirty-year period, the book looks at Arab participation in the economy, especially in the labor market, showing how significant socioeconomic inequality persists despite a fundamental tenet of Israel's declaration of independence asserting equality of political and social rights of all its citizens. Taking an ethnic competition perspective, the authors explore the extent of inequality, uncovering the institutional and social processes that influence it. They examine the role of local labor markets and individual human resources, giving special attention to the growing labor force participation of Arab women. They also consider the gains of the majority Jewish population that have resulted from competition and economic discrimination against Arabs. Although the Arab community in Israel has been studied in the past, this book is unique in its detailed analysis of employment activity within and outside of the Arab sector and in examining both Arabs and Jews within the stratification system. The book fosters deeper understanding of Israeli society and of multi-ethnic societies more generally.

Shifting Ethnic Boundaries and Inequality in Israel
Shifting Ethnic Boundaries and Inequality in Israel

Author: Aziza Khazzoom

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2008-03-07

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 0804779570

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Why do racial and ethnic groups discriminate against each other? The most common sociological answer is that they want to monopolize scarce resources—good jobs or top educations—for themselves. This book offers a different answer, showing that racial and ethnic discrimination can also occur to preserve particular group identities. Shifting Ethnic Boundaries and Inequality in Israel focuses on the early period of Israeli statehood to examine how the European Jewish founders treated Middle Eastern Jewish immigrants. The author argues that, shaped by their own unique encounter with European colonialism, the European Jews were intent on producing Israel as part of the West. To this end, they excluded and discriminated against those Middle Eastern Jews who threatened the goal of Westernization. Blending quantitative and qualitative evidence, Aziza Khazzoom provides a compelling rationale for the emergence of ethnic identity and group discrimination, while also suggesting new ways to understand Israeli-Palestinian relations.