Joel S. Migdal is Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies at the University of Washington. His most recent work includes State Power and Social Forces: Domination and Transformation in the Third World (coedited with Atul Kohli and Vivienne Shue).

Acknowledgments

PART I. Introduction

1. Myths and Models: The State-in-Society Approach and the Experience of Israel

PART II. State Making

2. The Crystallization of the State and the Struggles over Rule Making: Israel in Comparative Perspective

3. Laying the Basis for a Strong State: The British and Zionists in Palestine

4. Vision and Practice: The Leader, the State, and the Transformation of Society

PART III. Society Making

5. Civil Society in Israel

6. Society Formation and the Case of Israel

PART IV. Social Crisis

7. Changing Boundaries and Social Crisis: Israel and the 1967 War

8. The Odd Man Out, Arabs in Israel with Baruch Kimmerling

Notes

Bibliography

Index