A Home For All Jews: Citizenship, Rights, And National Identity In The New Israeli State (the Schusterman Series In Israel Studies & Brandeis Series On Gender, Culture, Religion, And Law)
by Orit Rozin /
2016 / English / PDF
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Orit Rozin’s inspired scholarship focuses on the construction and
negotiation of citizenship in Israel during the state’s first
decade. Positioning itself both within and against much of the
critical sociological literature on the period, this work reveals
the dire historical circumstances, the ideological and bureaucratic
pressures, that limited the freedoms of Israeli citizens. At the
same time it shows the capacity of the bureaucracy for flexibility
and of the populace for protest against measures it found unjust
and humiliating.
Orit Rozin’s inspired scholarship focuses on the construction and
negotiation of citizenship in Israel during the state’s first
decade. Positioning itself both within and against much of the
critical sociological literature on the period, this work reveals
the dire historical circumstances, the ideological and bureaucratic
pressures, that limited the freedoms of Israeli citizens. At the
same time it shows the capacity of the bureaucracy for flexibility
and of the populace for protest against measures it found unjust
and humiliating.
Rozin sets her work within a solid analytical framework, drawing on
a variety of historical sources portraying the voices, thoughts,
and feelings of Israelis, as well as theoretical literature on the
nature of modern citizenship and the relation between citizenship
and nationality. She takes on both negative and positive freedoms
(freedom from and freedom to) in her analysis of three discrete yet
overlapping issues: the right to childhood (and freedom from
coerced marriage at a tender age); the right to travel abroad
(freedom of movement being a pillar of a liberal society); and the
right to speak out—not only to protest without fear of reprisal,
but to speak in the expectation of being heeded and
recognized.
Rozin sets her work within a solid analytical framework, drawing on
a variety of historical sources portraying the voices, thoughts,
and feelings of Israelis, as well as theoretical literature on the
nature of modern citizenship and the relation between citizenship
and nationality. She takes on both negative and positive freedoms
(freedom from and freedom to) in her analysis of three discrete yet
overlapping issues: the right to childhood (and freedom from
coerced marriage at a tender age); the right to travel abroad
(freedom of movement being a pillar of a liberal society); and the
right to speak out—not only to protest without fear of reprisal,
but to speak in the expectation of being heeded and
recognized.
This book will appeal to scholars and students of Israeli history,
law, politics, and culture, and to scholars of nation building more
generally.
This book will appeal to scholars and students of Israeli history,
law, politics, and culture, and to scholars of nation building more
generally.Hardcover is un-jacketed.
Hardcover is un-jacketed.