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- Pulling Strings: Biculturalism in Israeli Bureaucracy
- Book
- 1989
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in Israeli Studies
summary
This is a book about the use of personal influence, protektzia, in Israel. All over the world, in both democratic and socialist societies, there exists some degree of recognition of the rights of citizens to complain about unjust treatment in organizational encounters. While the goals and actual functioning of complaint-handling devices may vary, bureaucratic role relations are ideally governed by the principles of universalism, specificity, and affective neutrality. In fact, patterns of actual behavior frequently differ dramatically from this model, giving rise to practices from bribery and embezzlement to nepotism, patronage, and what is referred to in the United States as “pulling strings.” In Israel, protektzia is widespread.
Table of Contents
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- List of Tables and Figures
- pp. x-xiv
- I. Introduction
- pp. 1-27
- III. Becoming Bicultural
- pp. 69-93
- VI. Protektzia and Social Integration
- pp. 148-178
- VIII. Biculturalism versus "Modernity"
- pp. 218-234
- IX. Conclusions
- pp. 235-255
- Appendices
- pp. 257-310
- References
- pp. 333-358
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438400464
MARC Record
OCLC
42855070
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No