The Globalization of Israel

Ram, Uri

doi:10.4324/9780203942277

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“…Up until the 1970s, the Israeli economy was largely controlled by the economic enterprises of the Histradut (Federation of Labor) and the government sector, which were together responsible for more than half of GDP (Ram, : 45). Both were dominated by the same Ashkenazi elite from Mapai, the historic socialist–Zionist party that merged into the modern‐day Labor Party in 1968.…”

Section: The Making Of the Neoliberal Rule Regime In Israel And The Hmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since the end of the 1970s, Israel has undergone a transformation from a ‘quasi‐socialist' and collectivist social structure under the hegemony of the Labor Party into a globalized ‘full‐fledged capitalist one' (Ram, : 44) dominated by neoliberal institutions, rationalities and practices. Against the backdrop of a post‐Fordist transition from labor‐intensive to knowledge‐intensive industries, accompanied by an expansion of the (financial) services sector, a ‘bourgeois revolution' (ibid.…”

Section: The Making Of the Neoliberal Rule Regime In Israel And The Hmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Under the auspices of early Labor governments, the quasi‐socialist state already functioned as a cocoon in which capitalist institutions were allowed to develop and a bourgeoisie could emerge (Nitzan and Bichler, ). However, the first of two major events heralding neoliberal transformation did not occur until 1977, when the right‐wing Likud Party toppled the Labor government, resulting in a significant weakening of organized labor (Ram, ). The second event took place in 1985, when the Labor Party joined a grand coalition with Likud in response to a severe economic crisis marked by hyperinflation.…”

Section: The Making Of the Neoliberal Rule Regime In Israel And The Hmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At its height, almost 10% of the adult population took to the streets in one night (Grinberg, ; Marom, ; Schechter, ). Defying decades of neoliberalization (Ram, ; Swirski, ), many protesters essentially called for a return to the welfare state—demands included affordable housing, public housing and rent control. Still, although the protest changed the public discourse on housing provision and the role of the state dramatically, most of the activists involved (together with some preliminary studies—see Amram, ; OECD, ) assume that they have not yet been able to influence the provision of housing in a significant way.…”

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Towards a ‘Post‐Neoliberal’ Mode of Housing Regulation? The Israeli Social Protest of Summer 2011

Schipper

2015

Int J Urban Regional Res

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In the summer of 2011, after decades of virtually uncontested neoliberalization, Israel was swept by unprecedented protests against the rising cost of living, social inequality and, most particularly, escalating housing prices. Within two weeks, a small protest camp established on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv had grown into a mass movement involving hundreds of thousands of people across the country. Given an ambivalent sense of the significance of urban movements in bringing about social change, the aim of this article is to analyze whether the Israeli social protest was able to push forward a post‐neoliberal mode of housing regulation. Building on a framework developed by Brenner, Peck and Theodore to grasp transformations in the landscape of regulatory restructuring, this article argues that the movement has indeed achieved a far‐reaching hegemonic shift in public discourse and also become an important driver in promoting regulatory experiments. Despite its achievements, however, the movement was unable to challenge the Israeli ‘rule regime' of neoliberalization, on account of two structural constraints that were shielded by the most powerful state apparatuses: the commodity character of housing; and a neoliberalized land regime, where state‐owned land is treated as a profit machine for public finance.

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Section: The Making Of the Neoliberal Rule Regime In Israel And The Hmentioning

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Section: The Making Of the Neoliberal Rule Regime In Israel And The Hmentioning

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Section: The Making Of the Neoliberal Rule Regime In Israel And The Hmentioning

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Towards a ‘Post‐Neoliberal’ Mode of Housing Regulation? The Israeli Social Protest of Summer 2011

Schipper

2015

Int J Urban Regional Res

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“…In the last two decades of the twentieth century, Israeli society became exposed to processes of globalization (Ram 2008), individuation (Migdal 1996), fragmentation and privatization (Harris et al 1997). These processes are associated with a movement toward postmodernism (Harvey 1995;Jameson 1991;Lyotard 1984), marked by the waning of the nationalist ideology (Waxman 1997) and the crystallization of a 'rights discourse'.…”

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Penetrating the ‘black‐box’ of ‘remembrance day’ playlist: bereavement and the induction mechanisms of glocalization – a study in cultural sociology

Hermoni

Lebel

2012

Nations and Nationalism

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This article examines the musical repertoire broadcast on Israeli state radio stations on Remembrance Day. Commencing with the first Remembrance Day, Israeli radio stations have refrained from broadcasting songs that do not contribute to the glorification of the military mythology or failure to reinforce the consensual perception of national loss. In view of globalization – it might be assumed that Remembrance Day songs would undergo changes in tune with the times. From a musical point of view, new songs that belong to what Regev and Seroussi classify as ‘globalizing Israel’ penetrated into the nationalist arena. But, following Inglehart and Baker, these songs, despite their seemingly secular façade, remain limited hegemonic enclosures organized around the core of founding values. Apparently, this is an example of the process of glocalization of culture. The article seeks answers to the strategies employed to accommodate these new songs to the traditional ideology of the classical Remembrance Day songs and examines whether the mechanisms of legitimacy that enable the inclusion of new voices on Remembrance Day, can be identified. We argue that their choice is not arbitrary and that they illustrate the manner by which voluntary cultural entrepreneurs (musical editors) are co‐opted in the postnational condition.

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Strategy, local sociology, political philosophy: Analysis of strategy of Non‐Governmental Organizations under radical intellectual leadership

Dahan

2020

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

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The study discusses the relationship between NGO strategy (both toward government and community), contextual conditions, and the sociological and political-philosophic background of the leaders of the organization. The empirical section focuses on a specific Israeli NGO (Bimkom) led by a radicalintellectual leadership whose aim is to promote the interests of poor communities. The organization under research activated a dual complex strategy, one that both criticizes and negotiates with the government, at the same time advocating for and empowering communities. The study points to a clear linkage between that strategy and leaders' own background. In fact, the latter served as a source from which the leaders carved out guidelines, perceptions, policy tools, and abstract resources (which in turn also affected outcomes). On a basis of these findings, the study suggests a model designed to improve the analysis of strategic management.

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The Globalization of Israel

Cited by 39 publications

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Towards a ‘Post‐Neoliberal’ Mode of Housing Regulation? The Israeli Social Protest of Summer 2011

Towards a ‘Post‐Neoliberal’ Mode of Housing Regulation? The Israeli Social Protest of Summer 2011

Penetrating the ‘black‐box’ of ‘remembrance day’ playlist: bereavement and the induction mechanisms of glocalization – a study in cultural sociology

Strategy, local sociology, political philosophy: Analysis of strategy of Non‐Governmental Organizations under radical intellectual leadership

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