Crisis and transformation : the kibbutz at century's end /

This book examines kibbutz life following the Israeli economic crisis of 1985, focusing on the kibbutz's dramatic transformation from a well-defined social structure to a collective identified principally by its cultural preoccupations. It centers on the contradictions endemic to kibbutz identi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ben Rafael, Eliezer
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1997.
Series:SUNY series in Israeli studies.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=5335
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Kibbutz Identity
  • 2. The Crisis
  • 3. A Shattered Community
  • 4. Kibbutz Capitalism Challenged
  • 5. Kibbutz and Society
  • 6. Behind the Transformation
  • 7. Implementing Change
  • 8. The Transformation of Identity
  • App. 1. Correlation Analyses
  • App. 2. Statistical Abstract
  • The Kibbutzim in the 1990s.