Communicating Security: Civil-Military Relations in Israel

ISBN 10: 0415585066 / ISBN 13: 9780415585064

Published by Routledge, 2007

About this Item

Editor(s): Lebel, Udi. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362. . 2010. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Communicating Security: Civil-Military Relations in Israel
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415585066
• ISBN 13: 9780415585064
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book analyzes the changes and tendencies expressed in the relation between army and society in Israel.

Since its inception, Israel has been defined as a nation in arms, a public space in which the security needs became central and, to a great extent, dictated the agenda and functioning of all the public arenas operating in it. The theoretical investigation is accompanied by case study illustrations of special instances related to the nexus between:

• security and society
• security and politics
• the army and the media
• the army and public relations
• security and culture
• bereavement and commemoration
• social motivation to serve in the army
• the army and foreign policy.

Lebel explores the connection between the military and culture in Israel against the backdrop of globalization, individualism, liberalism, and social burn-out in the face of survival and change.

About the Author

Udi Lebel is a lecturer and researcher at the Ben Gurion Research Institute at Sde Boker, Ben Gurion University of the negev and at Sapir College.