Palestinian citizens in an ethnic Jewish state : identities in conflict /

This is a substantive social-psychological study of the collective identity of Arab citizens in Israel. Psychologist Rouhana develops a model that helps explain why Palestinian citizens of Israel fail to identify closely with the Jewish state and adhere to an Arab culture that is not accepted as equal. Without cultural parity, Rouhana argues, conflict between Palestinians and Israelis will continue. The author has studied his subject in multiple ways‘surveys, archival research, and interviews‘providing a broadly based information set that will undoubtedly serve researchers for many years as a basic reference point. An important contribution to our understanding of multiethnic democracies and how they survive, it is also an important addition to Sami Smooha's two-volume Arab and Jews in Israel (Westview, 1989, 1992). Highly recommended for both general and specialized collections.‘Sanford R. Silverburg, Catawba Coll., Salisbury, N.C. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.