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The resurgence of political economy as an important topic reflects the deep interpenetration of politics and economics. There are few economic issues ...
Religion, Politics, and Public Policy in Israel
Kosher food, secular marriage, divorce, burial, abortion and other medical procedures,...
Chosen People, Promised Land, & Prophetic Tradition
Israeli politics and policymaking reflect themes long imbedded in Jewish culture. The concepts of Chosen People and Promised Land, and their meaning i...
Making and Implementing Public Policy
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Looking at Israel
Prominent political theorist Ira Sharkansky looks at the intersection of religion and politics, using the case of Israel-where a chief rabbi officiate...
Israeli Experiences in Politics, Religion, and Policymaking
Sharkansky asserts that the use of ambiguity and other forms of coping are more suitable than problem solving in dealing with certain kinds of public ...
Jerusalem is not just another city that illustrates the conflict between interests of professional planners and competing political perspectives. It i...
An Israeli Perspective
Coping With Terror argues that strategic responses to terrorism must focus on managing this serious problem rather than solving it outright. Author Ir...
Policy-making in Government Agencies
Routines for Simple Problems and Coping with the Complex
All governments face problems and are judged by their ability to solve them and the policies they develop in doing so. Compared with other Western dem...
An Exploration of Political Parallels
This book identifies and examines those parallels between ancient and modern Israel that help to clarify the conflicts apparent in modern Israel. It d...
Chosen People, Promised Land, and Prophetic Tradition
Again on the World's Agenda
Rather than focus on what might happen, the book explains the city's governance by viewing, the period since 1967 against events and emotions much old...
A Study of a Still Developing Country
A Political Analysis
First Published in 1996. This study provides a political viewpoint on Israel and the Bible. It covers reading the Bible politically as well as conside...
How Domestic Policy-makers Cope with Constraints
In Search of Simplicity
From his Middle Eastern perspective of politics often being too exciting and complex, Sharkansky (political science and public administration, Hebrew ...
Politics and Public Enterprise in Three Countries
A Study of a Developing Country
Policy Accomplishments, Problems, and Opportunities