The Israeli Druze Community in Transition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Israeli Druze Community in Transition write by Randa Khair Abbas. This book was released on 2021-03-11. The Israeli Druze Community in Transition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. While there are books that describe the history and traditions of the Druze as an ethnic and religious group, this is the first and only academic book of its kind. It gives voice to the Israeli Druze, through in-depth interviews with 120 people, 60 young adults and 60 of their parents’ generation. How is this traditional group, bound together through the centuries by their secret religion and strong value system, dealing with modernization? What contradictions and continuity come to light in the stories of this people during a time of transition? Can their religion, and their very identity, survive the meeting with the modern, technological world? What resources do the young and the not-so-young bring to the task of preserving their community and helping it to flourish as the world changes around them? The people in this text answer these questions through the telling of their stories, in which they express their values, opinions, beliefs and aspirations. The book draws out theoretical, practical, religious and sociological implications from this analysis, in order to shed light on the challenges faced by other traditional societies meeting modernity.
The Druse, a Religious Community in Transition
The Druse, a Religious Community in Transition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Druse, a Religious Community in Transition write by Nissim Dana. This book was released on 1980. The Druse, a Religious Community in Transition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Minorities in the Israeli Military, 1948–58
Minorities in the Israeli Military, 1948–58 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Minorities in the Israeli Military, 1948–58 write by Randall S. Geller. This book was released on 2017-08-25. Minorities in the Israeli Military, 1948–58 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study examines the attitudes and policies on all sides of the majority/minority divide in Israel during the state’s formative decade, and how the social, political, and strategic decisions made vis-à-vis the non-Jewish populations then continue to impact this unique Middle Eastern state today. While land, labor, and settlement policies, or the educational, legal, or political systems, could have been used to explore majority-minority relations in Israel between 1948-1958, this study does so through the prism of the army – in theory, the state’s most unifying social institution. The central questions investigated in this study are; how did the leadership of the Jewish majority balance its declared commitment to the state’s democratic ideals and the principle of equality on the one hand, and its commitment to creating a Jewish state and ensuring its security on the other? Was the army – charged with instilling Zionist patriotism in Jewish youth – prepared to absorb and integrate Arabs, who constituted the overwhelming majority of the non-Jewish minorities? Would the state’s minority groups be viewed as trustworthy and loyal enough to serve in the army? Furthermore, how would (potential) Arab military service impact the educational mission, and particularly the simultaneously transformative and integrative effort the army was charged with carrying out among Jews? While a specialized work in the fields of Israel and Middle Eastern Studies, this book should appeal to all students interested in majority/minority relations and the state-building process in newly-emerging democratic societies.
Insider-Outsider Research in Qualitative Inquiry
Insider-Outsider Research in Qualitative Inquiry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Insider-Outsider Research in Qualitative Inquiry write by Deborah Court. This book was released on 2022-04-03. Insider-Outsider Research in Qualitative Inquiry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Insider-Outsider Research in Qualitative Inquiry: New Perspectives on Method and Meaning explores the history, practice and particular benefits of conducting cultural research through a partnership of two researchers: one who is an insider to the culture under study and one who is an outsider. This book unpacks terminology around this type of research that has become outdated or cumbersome, looks at ethical issues and suggests specific methodological approaches. It also locates insider-outsider research, which is by its nature qualitative, in the wider research landscape. The authors specifically describe a researcher partnership, a relationship more intimate and fruitful than a team, much greater than the sum of its parts. Through their own nearly twenty-year research partnership and study of the Israeli Druze, the authors have developed mutual trust that has led to new depths of insight in understanding cultural codes and the meanings they embody. This, and the methods they use, will be illustrated through examples of some of their studies with the Israeli Druze. A highly accessible guide, this book will be of interest to ethnographers and other qualitative researchers, both graduate students and researchers of all levels of experience.
Social Justice in Multicultural Settings
Social Justice in Multicultural Settings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Justice in Multicultural Settings write by Deborah Court. This book was released on 2023-06-06. Social Justice in Multicultural Settings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book presents insights into social justice issues through the work of educators in Israel, the US, the UK, Italy, Canada, Turkey and Kazakhstan. Each chapter provides local or global theoretical insights, and these combine to provide a rich international perspective. The book offers practical strategies for the classroom, methods of teaching social justice to future teachers in various curriculum areas, and knowledge for researchers and those working in higher education. The book is unusual in its combination of local and international perspectives, practical and theoretical wisdom, and its inclusion of a variety of voices. Readers will gain new insight into concepts like radical pedagogy, interculturalism, multiculturalism, failed citizenship and cultural identity.
