Israel's Materialist Militarism

by Levy, Yagil

• ISBN13: 9780739119082
• ISBN10: 0739119087
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-28
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Israel's Materialist Militarism explains the fluctuations in Israel's military policies during the 1990s-2000s from the Oslo Accords to the al-Aqsa Intifada and the Second Lebanon War. A conceptual framework is offered that relies on materialist militarism, the relations of exchange between the state and social groups, by which the groups exchange their military sacrifice for social rewards, that in turn nutures militarism. The dynamic balancing of the sacrifice/reward equation explains the dynamics of war versus de-escalation.

Author Biography

Yagil Levy is external associate professor, Department of Public Policy and Administration at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Theoretical Introduction-The Essence and Dynamics of Materialist Militarism	p. 1
The Republican Equation and Its Violation	p. 29
The Continuation of Oslo by the Al-Aqsa Intifada	p. 77
The War of the Peripheries	p. 117
From "People's Army" to "Market Army"	p. 147
The "Embedded Military" and the Implementation of the Disengagement Plan	p. 181
The Second Lebanon War: The "Gap of Legitimacies" Syndrome	p. 213
Conclusions: Why Materialist Militarism Matters	p. 247
Bibliography	p. 259
Index	p. 279
About the Author	p. 285
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