Sam N. Lehman-Wilzig is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University, and is Chairman of the Institute for Journalism and Public Communications. He is co-editor of Comparative Jewish Politics: Public Life in Israel and the Diaspora, and author of Stiff-Necked People, Bottle-Necked System: The Evolution and Roots of Israeli Public Protest, 1949-1986.

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part I: Background

1. The Spark: Zionism, Socialism, and Governmental Paternalism
2. Rotting Timbers: The Decay of the Establishment
3. Brushfires: Early Grassroots Awakenings
Part II: Issues

4. National Security: Settling Scores
5. Economy: Blue and Black
6. Communications: The Mess Media Revolt
7. Health: A Hemorrhaging System
8. Education: School Is Out
9. Religion and State: Holy Wars
10. Constitution-Making: Founding Sons
Part III: Conclusions

11. Potential Grassroots Fires
12. Conflagration? Fireproofing the System
13. Loyalty, Voice, and Vex It: A Theory of Alter-Politics
14. Between Past and-Future: Israel's Grassroots Revolts in Historical Cross-Comparative Perspective
Bibliography
Index