The Israeli Settler Movement

Assessing and Explaining Social Movement Success

Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler, Cas Mudde

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9781009028660
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Global Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The Israeli settler movement plays a key role in Israeli politics and the Arab-Israeli conflict, yet very few empirical studies of the movement exist. This is the first in-depth examination of the contemporary Israeli settler movement from a structural (rather than purely historical or political) perspective, and one of the few studies to focus on a longstanding, radical right-wing social movement in a non-western political context. A trailblazing systematic assessment of the role of the settler movement in Israeli politics writ large, as well as in relation to Israel's policy towards the West Bank, this book analyzes the movement both as a whole and as a combination of its parts (i.e. branches) - institutions, networks, and individuals.Whether you are a student, researcher, or policymaker, this book offers a comprehensive and original theoretical framework alongside a rich empirical analysis which illuminates social movements in general, and the Israeli settler movement in particular.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Figures
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Theoretical Framework
• 2 History of the Settlements
• 3 History of the Settler Movement
• 4 Assessing the Settler Movement’s Success
• 5 The Action Repertoires of the Branches
• 6 A Case of Success: Ariel
• 7 A Case of Failure: The Gaza Disengagement
• 8 Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• Index