the kibbutz at century's end
Edición de la obra Crisis and transformation
| Autor | Eliezer Ben Rafael |
|---|---|
| Editorial | State University of New York Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 1997 |
| Lugar | Albany |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 282 |
| ISBN-10 | 0791432254, 0791432262 |
| OCLC | 42855719, 34471053 |
| LCCN | 96012675 |
| Serie | SUNY series in Israeli studies |
| Número de Cutter | R136c |
This book examines kibbutz life following the Israeli economic crisis of 1985, focusing on the kibbutz's dramatic transformation from a well-defined social structure to a collective identified principally by its cultural preoccupations. It centers on the contradictions endemic to kibbutz identity. Ben-Rafael shows how the crisis brought together a general pro-change Zeitgeist with the interests of the kibbutz's stronger social segments and individuals to produce widespread changes and the fragmentation of kibbutz reality as a whole. The book's findings are based on a large-scale research investigation (1991-1994) headed up by Ben-Rafael that included twenty research studies and involved the participation of researchers from diverse social-science disciplines. The book also provides a statistical abstract and a comprehensive kibbutz bibliography.