Israel's Regime Untangled: Between Democracy and Apartheid [Hardcover]

An examination of the Israeli regime, looking at its diverse aspects in order to explore its democratic nature  or otherwise.Forging an innovative path to untangling the conflicting interpretations of the Israeli regime, this book examines at the diverse aspects of the regime to determine the level of 'democraticness' exhibited in order to come to its conclusion.Forging an innovative path to untangling the conflicting interpretations of the Israeli regime, this book examines at the diverse aspects of the regime to determine the level of 'democraticness' exhibited in order to come to its conclusion.Israel attracts enormous attention among scholars, journalists, politicians, and the general public. Some regard the country as an apartheid regime that can only be challenged through boycotts and sanctions. Others believe it is a stable liberal democracy, created under extreme conditions. This book seeks to unravel these conflicting interpretations by focusing on three questions: How can the Israeli regime be classified? What are the borders of the Israeli regime? And what are the key factors that shape the regime and support its relative stability? Gal Ariely calls for an approach which disaggregates democracy into specific dimensions, examining the diverse aspects of the Israeli regime to determine the level of 'democraticness' exhibited rather than classifying the regime as a whole. In doing so he provides a comprehensive account of the Israeli regime, untangling conflicting interpretations and illustrates the advantages of using this approach for analysing disputed regimes more widely.Introduction; 1. How the Israeli Regime is Classified; 2. Circumventing the Challenges in the Classification of Israel (A): Disaggregated Analysis of the Israeli Regime Across Dimensions of Democraticness; 3. Circumventing the Challenges in the Classification of Israel (B): Spatial Analysis of the Israeli Regime; 4. Democraticness of the Israeli Regime Across Dimensions and Zones of Conlӆ