This book shows that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process will be expedited by increased economic liberalization. It examines the forces that have shaped the Israeli economy and society in the past 100 years, since the onset of Zionist settlement in Palestine.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: The Socioeconomic Liberalization of Israel -- A State-Centered Economy -- Challenges to Separatism: Joint Action by Jewish and Arab Workers in Jewish-Owned Industry in Mandatory Palestine -- The Ideological Wellspring of Zionist Capitalism: The Impact of Private Capital and Industry on the Shaping of the Dominant Zionist Ideology -- From "Eretz Yisrael Haovedet" to "Yisrael Hashniah": The Social Discourse and Social Policy of Mapai in the 1950s -- Liberalization -- Economic Liberalization and the Breakup of the Histadrut's Domain -- Liberalization and the Transformation of the Political Economy -- Change and Continuity in the Israeli Political Economy: Multi-Level Analysis of the Telecommunications and Energy Sectors -- The Great Economic-Juridical Shift: The Legal Arena and the Transformation of Israel's Economic Order -- "The Promised Land of Business Opportunities:" Liberal Post-Zionism in the Glocal Age -- The Peace Process -- Peace and Profits: The Globalization of Israeli Business and the Peace Process -- Regional Cooperation and the MENA Economic Summits