The Impacts of Lasting Occupation: Lessons from Israeli Society (Series in Political Psychology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199862184 ISBN 13: 9780199862184

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2012

Synopsis

The Impacts of Lasting Occupation examines the effects that Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories have had on Israeli society. The consequences of occupation are evident in all aspects of Israeli life, including its political, social, legal, economic, cultural, and psychological spheres.

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Daniel Bar-Tal is Branco Weiss Professor of Research in Child Development and Education in the School of Education at Tel Aviv University. His research in political and social psychology focuses on the socio-psychological foundations of intractable conflicts and peacemaking. Bar-Tal has published twenty books and over two hundred book chapters and articles that have appeared in major social and political psychology journals. He has served as President of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) and received various prizes for his work, including ISPP's Harold Lasswell Award, given for distinguished scientific contributions in the field of political psychology, and ISPP's Nevitt Sanford Award, recognizing the practical application of political psychological principles and the creation of knowledge used by practitioners to make a positive difference in the way in which politics is carried out.

Izhak Schnell is Professor in the Department of Geography and Human Environment at Tel Aviv University. His work focuses on understanding the transitions caused by Arab urbanization, as well as Arab industrial entrepreneurship. Schnell's current research analyzes the structure of social space in a globalized world. He developed novel models to understand socio-spatial lifestyles, segregation, and community in globalizing spaces. He has written 8 books, edited 11 books and journal issues, and written over 100 articles in prestigious journals in geography and science. Schnell has also organized 8 major conferences, including the meeting of the International Association of Geographers in 2010.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199862184
• ISBN 13: 9780199862184
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576
• Editor: Bar-Tal Daniel, Schnell Izhak