The Israeli Third Sector

Gidron, Benjamin; Bar, Michal; Katz, Hagai

doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-9135-5

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“…After several decades during of operating a standardised, uniform educational education system, Israel seems to be on track towards abandoning the idea of public education in favour of a market-based model (Nir, 2003). In conjunction with privatisation tendencies, external organisations now comprise a significant component of Israel's education system, in the quest to improve student achievement (Berkovich & Foldes, 2012); indeed, they have become quite powerful (Gidron et al, 2004). Nevertheless, most privatisation processes are partisan; the MOE declares a continuous commitment to public schooling (Berkovich, 2014;Sagie & Yemini, 2017).…”

Section: External Organisations Within Israeli Public Education: the mentioning

confidence: 99%

Market logic at school: Emerging intra-school competition between private and public STEM programmes in Israel

Kaptzon

Yemini

2018

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This study analyses the de facto emerging intra-school competition between the Israeli Ministry of Education (MOE) and external organisations at public Israeli secondary schools by exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programmes. Given on-going privatisation processes within the education system, the participation of external organisations in schools has become significant, greatly affecting municipalities’ authority and schools principals’ autonomy. This case-study provides a comprehensive examination of this new form of intra-school competition and its possible impact on schools, based on in-depth interviews with school principals, representatives of STEM programmes, and officials at the MOE and a local education authority, as well as analysis of supporting documents. We show that despite its supposed regulatory role, the MOE is pushed to function as an additional player in this quasi-market, competing with external organisations and substituting its regulatory roles for additional market-player opportunities. Theoretical and empirical implications are suggested.

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Section: External Organisations Within Israeli Public Education: the mentioning

confidence: 99%

Market logic at school: Emerging intra-school competition between private and public STEM programmes in Israel

Kaptzon

Yemini

2018

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“…CSOs in Israel have moved, in the past two decades, towards a more independent stance, as compared to previous decades, when they operated in close proximity to the public sector and the government. This is indicated by the fact that many more organizations are being established by citizens' groups around a broad range of issues that matter to them or that they feel are not dealt with; many of these organizations, if they survive, find private sources of support (Yishai 2003; Gidron et al . 2004; Bar and Gidron 2009).…”

Section: Women and The Welfare Statementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The second, large and diverse, group of CSOs undertaking extensive welfare activity in a variety of areas is neither connected to nor funded by the state. These provide a range of alternative solutions to citizens' needs which are not included in the welfare services (Gidron et al 2004). This second group, which has not received much scholarly attention, is the focus of the present article.…”

Section: Welfare State and Civil Society Organizations In Israelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women, Welfare and Civil Society Organizations: Creating an Alternative Women's Welfare Sphere in Israel

Almog‐Bar

Ajzenstadt

2010

Social Policy &Amp; Administration

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This article examines the phenomenon of Israeli civil society organizations (CSOs) providing services to women as part of the creation of an alternative women's welfare sphere in Israel in recent years, and its influence upon the welfare state and women. The creation and the existence of the women's civil society sphere can be seen as part of a move by the Israeli welfare state towards a liberal-style economic regime. The article examines the services and mode of operation of fourteen organizations offering welfare, health and educational services to women in Israel, using a qualitative research method. The study identifies four traits characterizing these organizations: their loose connections with the welfare state, the use of sectoral and selective criteria determining eligibility for their services, the mirroring of internal dynamics of the community and its response to gender issues, and the CSOs' holistic, sporadic and unprofessional services. The analysis highlights the gender dimensions of civil society organizations, the characteristics of structure and content of the services they offer, and the role and place of civil society organizations operating parallel to the welfare state. It sheds light on the complex nature of this sphere and its services, which contribute to the empowerment and improvement of women's lives but, simultaneously, strengthen and reinforce their exclusion and marginalization. IntroductionAs early as the turn of the twentieth century Jewish women formed organizations aiming to address a host of problems faced by women pioneers coming to settle in Palestine. With the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, women's organizations operated side by side with state institutions, enabling women to

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“…The impression one gets is that the government would initiate, plan, discuss, decide, and implement its own policy towards the Third Sector without really consulting with the Third Sector, which is not really considered a partner. This view is not new, and in many ways continues the long-standing governmental perception of the sector as an implementation arm of government only (Gidron et al 2003a). …”

Section: The Israeli Case: Actors and Politicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The existence and activities of Civil Society has been crucial and central in Israel since its establishment (Gidron et al 2003a;Gidron 1997). The Third Sector has played along the years a major role in the development, financing, and provision of social services.…”

Section: The Changesmentioning

confidence: 99%