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Author Bick, Etta, author.

Title Citizenship and service : the politics of civic national service in Israel / Etta Bick
Published Albany : SUNY Press, [2020]

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Contents Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Alternative Ethea of Citizenship: Republican, Liberal, and Communitarian -- Classic Republicanism -- Liberal Citizenship -- Communitarian Citizenship -- National Service as a Communitarian Project -- Republicanism in the Israeli Context: The Mapai Period -- The Rise of Liberalism: The Likud, Individualism, and Free Market Capitalism -- The New Liberalism and the Demand for Equality in Service -- Conclusion -- 2 Religious Girls and Civic National Service, 1951-1953: An Initiative That Failed
Religious Girls and the Defense Service Law, 1949 -- Civic Service for Women: A Republican Obligation or a Political Resource? -- Determined Republicanism or Shrewd Party Politics? -- Implementation: "The Devil Is in the Details" -- Conclusion -- 3 Republicanism and Volunteerism: Civic National Service for Religious Girls, 1970-2018 -- The Civic National Service Initiative, 1970 -- The Political Upset of 1977: The Debate over National Service Resumes -- Service Becomes the Norm -- Civic National Service, 2010-2018 -- Conclusion -- 4 Fighting to Serve: Youth Excused from Service
Republican Obligation and Equality in Service -- The Ivri Committee: A Break with Past Policy -- Civic National Service: Win-Win for the State and for the Volunteer -- Conclusion -- 5 The Haredim: Will a Communitarian Approach Bring Them to Serve? -- "Blanket Deferments" to Haredim -- A "Society of Scholars" -- Studying the Torah Is Our Service -- The Tal Law and the Introduction of Civic National Service for Haredim -- Implementation of the Tal Law: The Government "Drags Its Feet" -- Civic Service in the Haredi Community, 2007-2012
Policy Displacement and Confrontation: The High Court Intervenes -- Military and Civic Service for Haredim: Service Law #2 -- The Haredim Return to the Government: Service Law #3 -- The High Court Intervenes Again, September 2017 -- Conclusion -- 6 From National Service to Community Volunteering: Israel's Arab Citizens and the Controversy over Civic National Service -- Military Service and Citizenship in the First Decades -- Arab Civic National Service: Committee Recommendations and Legislative Proposals, 1968-2000 -- The Impact of the Liberal Ethos: "A State of All of Its Citizens."
The Arab Response to the Civic National Service Proposals, 1990-2000 -- The October 2000 Events: A Catalyst for Policy Change -- A Communitarian Initiative? From Civic National Service to "Community Volunteering" -- Civic National Service in Arab Public Opinion -- Civic National Service 2018: Evolutionary Change and the Seeds of Communitarianism -- "Community Volunteering": The Challenges Ahead -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Four Tribes: Is a Communitarian Model the Answer? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 12, 2021)
Subject National service -- Israel
Citizenship -- Israel
Citizenship
National service
Israel
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781438480961
1438480962