Conflict in an Israeli Collective Community

A Case Study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10071698
AutoresBernard Reisman (American Jewish Communal Service Brandeis University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1981
Volumen25
Número2
Páginas237-258
Fecha de publicación1981-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/002200278102500202
OpenAlexW2012637475
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas11

This article deals with social conflict in a moshav (an Israeli collective community) settled mainly by American immigrants. A model of the causes of social conflict is used to analyze the dynamics of the case. An underlying schism among the members of the community, reflecting differential identification with American and Israeli values, was exacerbated by dissonant structural conditions. Two Israeli organizations responsible for helping new collective communities intervened and favored one of the factions in the conflict. Their bias neutralized the possibility of a conciliating role either by the members unaffiliated with the conflicting factions or by a private social agency which tried to mediate the conflict. The author was involved as a consultant in the attempted mediation

Agency (philosophy · Collective identity · Conflict resolution · Criminology · Group conflict · Mediation · Political economy · Political science · Schism · Social conflict · Social science · Sociology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Psychology · Social Psychology