Israel: Politics and Society
Project Description
JSIS A 458
Professor: Joel Migdal
MW 12:30-2:20pm
Credits: 5 I&S / DIV
This course examines how parts of the mosaic of Israel’s ethnic groups and religions have interacted over time to create today’s society. Focus on politics, especially interaction of the state with the mosaic society. The religious divide; the Jewish ethnic divide; Palestinians in Israel; war and its effect on Israel; the long road to peace.