1. Introduction; 2. Exploring peace activism - a road map; 3. Mapping the Israeli socio-political terrain; 4. Paving the road to Oslo - Israeli peace activism through 1993; 5. The path strewn with obstacles (1993–2008); 6. Exploring new ways or getting lost?; Appendix 1; Appendix 2.
This book discusses the predicament of the Israeli peace movement after the 1993 peace process.
Tamar Hermann is a Professor of Political Science and Dean of Academic Studies at the Open University (OU) of Israel. She also serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute and a co-director of the Peace Index project at Tel Aviv University. Her present research examines the growing estrangement of citizens in many representative democracies from politics and the politicians and is meant to assess the potential outcomes of this process in terms of democratic governability and stability.
'If peace is important to you - or scares you - Tamar Hermann's
hard-nosed assessment of the Israeli peace movement is a must-read.
Many of its policy positions have been internalized by much of the
public, yet the movement has been impotent in creating the momentum
to bring about peace. Hermann's solid analysis reminds us that
being right (correct) on the left demands hard work and political
skill.' Asher Arian, Israel Democracy Institute and City University
of New York
'A thorough and theoretically and empirically based - as well as
extremely well-informed - analysis, Hermann's book will certainly
stand out as the definitive work on the Israeli peace movement. The
author's sensitivity to the nuances, dilemmas, and complexities of
the peace movement in periods of dramatically changing
circumstances provides a unique and insightful as well as
comprehensive study.' Galia Golan, Interdisciplinary Center,
Herzliya
'Professor Tamar Hermann has written a penetrating analysis of the
difficulties faced by the Israeli peace movement and the reasons
for its political marginalization, despite the impetus it received
from the Oslo peace process. This fine book, which also pays due
regard to the peace movement's positive impact, is an important
contribution to the literature on social movements and to research
on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.' Adrian Guelke, Queen's
University of Belfast
'This important book seeks to answer the paradoxical question: why
did the Israeli peace movement - so critical in the 1980s in
building a context and infrastructure for peace in Israel - become
so ostracized and begin a fatal decline in the 1990s, just when the
prospects for peace seemed brightest? Tamar Hermann assesses the
obvious answer - terrorism - but goes far deeper in this rich and
highly interesting study.' Daniel C. Kurtzer, Princeton
University
'Tamar Hermann provides an exhaustive and revealing study of
Israel's peace movement … [he] skilfully explores the
socio-political and structural difficulties that have hindered the
ability of the Israeli peace movement to emerge from the margins of
Israeli politics … illuminating insights … emerge from the book …'
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