Crisis and Transformation
Author | : Eliezer Ben-Rafael |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1997-01-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780791496350 |
ISBN-13 | : 079149635X |
Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Download or read book Crisis and Transformation written by Eliezer Ben-Rafael and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1997-01-24 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 identity. Ben-Rafael shows how the crisis brought together a general pro-change Zeitgeist with the interests of the kibbutz's stronger social segments and individuals to produce widespread changes and the fragmentation of kibbutz reality as a whole. The book's findings are based on a large-scale research investigation (1991-1994) headed up by Ben-Rafael that included twenty research studies and involved the participation of researchers from diverse social-science disciplines. The book also provides a statistical abstract and a comprehensive kibbutz bibliography.