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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
political science
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Ein Karem
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Amir Bar-Or
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Amir Bar-Or
Course/Module description:
A comprehensive view of the links between society, the political system and the army since Israel's establishment, with an emphasis on security issues
Course/Module aims:
An analysis of the interfaces between society and the political system, society and the army, and the political system and the army. Students are introduced to the complexity of challenges facing the only democracy in the Middle East
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Examine the major interfaces that shape Israel's unique image
Evaluate the centrality of security issues and their influence on Israeli society
Identife the main characteristics in civil-military relations and in the relationship between the political and military levels
Attendance requirements(%):
Attendance compulsory in accordance with university regulations (100%)
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Frontal lectures and class discussions
Course/Module Content:
1. Background and basic concepts: society– politics, society-army, army-politics
2. The theoretical context: national security policy
3. Israeli society: the political implications of sectoralization
4. The crystallization of Israeli society
5. The media and the political system
6. The crystallization of civil-military relations
7. The social impact of wars in Israel
8. Society, army and the occupation
9. Changes in civil-military relations
10. The IDF model: from a people's army to a professional army
11. Army and politics in Israel
12. Summary: army, society, and politics
Required Reading:
2. D. Horowitz and M. Lissak (2007) "Democracy and National Security in an Ongoing Conflict," B. Neuberger, et al (eds) Democracy and National Security in Israel, (Open University, Tel Aviv, pp. 68-101).
4. U. Ben-Eliezer (1994), "A Nation in Uniform and Israel's War in the First Years," Zemanim, Issue 55, pp. 51-65.
6. . Lissak (1982) "Army, Society and Government in Israel - the Paradox of Mutual Relations in Civil-Military Relations," Skeera Hodsheet, Issues 2-3, pp. 48-56.
7. Z. Drori (2008) "A Crack in Mars' Armor: the IDF's Declining Status," in Z. Drori & M. Shemesh, (eds.), National Trauma – the Yom Kippur War after Thirty Years and Another War, (Ben-Gurion Institute, Midreshet Sde Boker) pp. 307-323.
8. R. Pedhazur, "The Occupation's Impact on the IDF," in D. Bar-Tal & Y. Shnel (eds.), The Occupation's Impact on Israeli Society, pp. 205-237.
9. U. Ben-Eliezer (2004), "Civil-Military Relations in Israel: Signs of Anti-Militarism and Neo-Militarism in the Post-Hegemonic Period," in M. Alhaj & U. Ben-Eliezer (eds.), In the Name of Society – the Sociology of Peace and War in Israel in a Period of Change, (University of Haifa, Pardes Publishers) pp. 29-76.
10. O. Shelah (2003), The Platter and the Silver – Why a Revolution is Needed in the IDF, (Tel Aviv, Kinneret Zmora Bitan Publishers) 17-27.
11. K. Michael (2008), Militarism and Statesmanship in Israel: the Army's Influence on the Shift from War to Peace, (Tel Aviv University) pp. 91-2008.
Additional Reading Material:
Upon request
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 100 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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