Politics

A National Home for the Jewish People

£50.00

The Concept in British Political Thinking and Policy Making 1917-1923

Barzilay-Yegar, Dvorah

What was the concept of 'A National Home for the Jewish People,' where did it come from, and how was it defined? Barzilay-Yegar traces the shifting meanings of the phrase from its first coining in the Balfour Declaration of 1917,...

Britain's Hegemony in Palestine and the Middle East, 1917-56

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Changing Strategic Imperatives

Cohen, Michael

From the Balfour Declaration of 1917 to the Suez Crisis of 1956, Britain's strategic interests in Palestine and in the Middle East underwent radical changes. A leading authority on the British Mandate in Palestine and the rise of the state of Israel, Professor Michael J. Cohen focuses...

Islamic Radicalism and Political Violence

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The Templars of Islam and Sheikh Ra'id Salah

Israeli, Raphael

The Islamic movement in Israel, headed by Sheikh Ra'id Salah, has turned into a templar-like organization which cultivates the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem (the Temple) as its symbol and rallying point. Ra'id combines spiritual authority with political appeal, religious concerns with organizational...

Israel's Relations with the East European States

£45.00

From Disruption (1967) to Resumption (1989-91)

Govrin, Yosef

In the years 1989-1991, Israel renewed its diplomatic relations with the USSR, Bulgaria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Poland, and Czechoslovakia - relations which were severed subsequent to the Six Day War. Diplomatic relations with Albania were established for the first time. Talks with East Germany came...

Jewish Parliamentarians

from £16.95

Janner, Lord Greville; Taylor, Derek

July 2008 marks the 150th anniversary of the passing of the Oath Act which enabled Jews to become members of parliament without taking the Oath of Allegiance on the true faith of a Christian. Lionel de Rothschild was the first to be allowed to swear on...

Jews and Europe in the Twenty-First Century

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Thinking Jewish

Cesarani, David; Lambert, Nick

Edited by: Cesarani, David

Jews and Europe in the Twenty-First Century is a collection of interviews with more than ninety prominent Jewish intellectuals, politicians, writers and scientists from across Western Europe. Nick Lambert?s penetrating interviews and analyses reveal their thoughts, fears and hopes for the future. Deep...

Palestinians between Nationalism and Islam

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Israeli, Raphael

This collection of mostly already-published articles illustrates the tension over the years between nascent Palestinian nationalism as articulated by the PLO and Islam as incorporated by Hamas. The latter's victory in the 2006 elections makes the matter all the more pertinent. Contents include: Introduction: Palestinian Affairs in World Perspective...

Public Administration in Transition

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Essays in Honor of Gerald E Caiden

Edited by: Argyriades, Demetrios; Dwivedi, O.P.; Jabbra, Joseph

Global developments over the past half-century have transformed public administration and brought it to maturity as an autonomous discipline at the intersection of many important fields of study. The trends and challenges which confront this discipline are...