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LIST OF TABLES* Table 2.1 The correspondence between political transformations and the transformation of the sociological agenda in Israel, 1948-1990. 15 Table 3.1 The social system and its spheres, according to Parsonian structural functionalism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28 Table 3.2 The characteristics and roles of the Aliyot in the functionalist nation-building analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 34 Table 4.1 The three versions of functionalist sociology in Israel. . . . . . .. 65 Table 5.1 The causal flow in the formation of the Israeli polity, in the elitist perspective ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 75 Table 5.2 The "bottleneck" location of the Labor elite, in the elitist perspective ................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 78 Table 5.3 Major characteristics of the Israeli political culture before and after 1977, in the elitist perspective ...................... 87 Table 6.1 Sets of intergroup relations in Israeli society (1975), according to the pluralist perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 105 *All tables are composed by the author. Citations from Hebrew sources are translated by the author. IX x List ofTabks Table 6.2 Modes of group incorporation in Israeli society, according to the pluralist perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 108 Table 7.1 The socioethnic issue: A comparison of functionalist and Marxist interpretations oflsraeli society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I;~6 Table 8,1 Liberal, Marxist, and radical feminism: A comparative summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 156 Table 10.1 The trends in Israeli sociology: Summary and comparison .................................... 202-203 ...

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