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The Israeli Welfare State at Crossroads

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Abraham Doron
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Abstract

The paper deals with the evolution of the welfare state in Israel and the impact it has had on the structure of Israeli society. It outlines the major phases of its development and stresses the social and political forces that shaped the process of trial and error in which these have evolved. The achievements and limits of the Israeli welfare state are analysed in the context of its particular circumstances as a developing industrial society that has also to cope with the integration of its various ethnic immigrant groups and with maintaining the morale of the population in face of the continuous threat to its national security. In conclusion the paper reviews the roots of the current crisis and outlines the possible strategies to deal with it, within the framework of Israeli society and in an international perspective.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 513 - 525
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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