Jews and Druze in Israel: State control and ethnic resistance

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 476-506

  Yiftachel, Oren ^a   Segal, Michaly D ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Druze; Ethnic minority; Israel; Resistance; Settler state; Territorial control

Indexed keywords

DRUZE POPULATION; ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNIC RELATIONS; INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY; JEWISH POPULATION; LAND CONTROL;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0031947035     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014198798329919     Document Type: Article

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