{"product_id":"the-changing-agenda-of-israeli-uri-ram-9780791423028","title":"The Changing Agenda of Israeli Sociology: Theory, Ideology, and Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffers the first systematic and comprehensive overview of sociological thought in Israel, and pleads for a new agenda that would shift the focus from nation building to democratic and egalitarian citizenship formation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study explores the changing agenda of Israeli sociology by linking content with context and by offering a historically informed critique of sociology as a theory and as a social institution. It examines, on the one hand, the general theoretical perspectives brought to bear upon sociological studies of Israel and, on the other, the particular social and ideological persuasions with which these studies are imbued.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRam shows how the agenda of Israeli sociology has changed in correlation with major political transformations in Israel: the long-term hegemony of the Labor Movement up to the 1967 war; the crisis of the labor regime following the 1973 war; and the ascendance of the right wing to governmental power in 1977. Three stages in Israeli sociology, corresponding to these political transformations, are identified: the domination of a functionalist school from the 1950s to the 1970s; a crisis in the mid-1970s; and the profusion of alternative and competing perspectives since the late 1970s. Ram concludes with a plea for a new sociological agenda that would shift the focus from nation building to democratic and egalitarian citizenship formation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers the first systematic and comprehensive overview of sociological thought in Israel, and by doing so offers a unique interpretation of the social and intellectual history of Israel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Uri Ram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791423026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791423028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.53d","brand":"Uri Ram","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438007693567,"sku":"9780791423028","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73a24f96-66d2-4399-9de3-6aa0d7e8d317.jpg?v=1777168170","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-changing-agenda-of-israeli-uri-ram-9780791423028","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}