Guy Ben‐porat
Biographic Data
| ID | 4389664 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guy Ben‐porat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guy |
| FAMILY NAME | Ben‐porat |
| SIGNATURE | BEN PORAT G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ben‐Gurion University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Policing alienated minorities in divided cities
Minority groups frequently challenge the legitimacy of legal authorities, particularly the police. Without trust and legitimacy, the police encounter constant conflict and cannot function effectively. While past research has examined minorities’ perceptions of the police, national minorities provide an interesting and under‐investigated test case because of their inherent identity conflict with the state. The current research examines three facto…
It Takes Two for a Culture War
This article examines the tense relations between religious and secular in I srael and the prospects for what has been described by different observers as a “culture war.” Specifically, the consequences and implication of the challenges to church‐state arrangements by social, economic, and demographic changes, and growing religious‐secular tensions are studied. The empirical investigation of these issues relies on a survey ( n = 508) of a represe…
Globalisation, Religion and Secularisation – Different States, Same Trajectories
(Product of workshop no. 1 at the 11th MRM 2010)
B usiness C ommunities and P eace
This work explains the relative lack of involvement of Jordanian and Palestinian business communities in the Middle East peace processes. Based on interviews held with businesspeople, analysis of policy documents and secondary materials and textual sources, several explanations for this political inactivity are examined. First, the limited interest of the business community in the peace process underscores its limited commitment to peace. Second,…
Introduction
The ingathering
After more than 50 years of statehood ethnicity still looms large in Israeli politics as the division between Israelis of non‐European and European descent plays a central part in Israeli politics. This article, examining patterns of immigrant assimilation in the 1950s, seeks to explain why, despite an all embracing Jewish identity and the massive efforts of the state to erase ethnic identities, the categories have retained so much of their weigh…
Policing alienated minorities in divided cities
Minority groups frequently challenge the legitimacy of legal authorities, particularly the police. Without trust and legitimacy, the police encounter constant conflict and cannot function effectively. While past research has examined minorities’ perceptions of the police, national minorities provide an interesting and under‐investigated test case because of their inherent identity conflict with the state. The current research examines three facto…
Introduction
It Takes Two for a Culture War
This article examines the tense relations between religious and secular in I srael and the prospects for what has been described by different observers as a “culture war.” Specifically, the consequences and implication of the challenges to church‐state arrangements by social, economic, and demographic changes, and growing religious‐secular tensions are studied. The empirical investigation of these issues relies on a survey ( n = 508) of a represe…
B usiness C ommunities and P eace
This work explains the relative lack of involvement of Jordanian and Palestinian business communities in the Middle East peace processes. Based on interviews held with businesspeople, analysis of policy documents and secondary materials and textual sources, several explanations for this political inactivity are examined. First, the limited interest of the business community in the peace process underscores its limited commitment to peace. Second,…
The ingathering
After more than 50 years of statehood ethnicity still looms large in Israeli politics as the division between Israelis of non‐European and European descent plays a central part in Israeli politics. This article, examining patterns of immigrant assimilation in the 1950s, seeks to explain why, despite an all embracing Jewish identity and the massive efforts of the state to erase ethnic identities, the categories have retained so much of their weigh…
The ingathering
After more than 50 years of statehood ethnicity still looms large in Israeli politics as the division between Israelis of non‐European and European descent plays a central part in Israeli politics. This article, examining patterns of immigrant assimilation in the 1950s, seeks to explain why, despite an all embracing Jewish identity and the massive efforts of the state to erase ethnic identities, the categories have retained so much of their weigh…
B usiness C ommunities and P eace
This work explains the relative lack of involvement of Jordanian and Palestinian business communities in the Middle East peace processes. Based on interviews held with businesspeople, analysis of policy documents and secondary materials and textual sources, several explanations for this political inactivity are examined. First, the limited interest of the business community in the peace process underscores its limited commitment to peace. Second,…
Introduction
Globalisation, Religion and Secularisation – Different States, Same Trajectories
(Product of workshop no. 1 at the 11th MRM 2010)
It Takes Two for a Culture War
This article examines the tense relations between religious and secular in I srael and the prospects for what has been described by different observers as a “culture war.” Specifically, the consequences and implication of the challenges to church‐state arrangements by social, economic, and demographic changes, and growing religious‐secular tensions are studied. The empirical investigation of these issues relies on a survey ( n = 508) of a represe…
Policing alienated minorities in divided cities
Minority groups frequently challenge the legitimacy of legal authorities, particularly the police. Without trust and legitimacy, the police encounter constant conflict and cannot function effectively. While past research has examined minorities’ perceptions of the police, national minorities provide an interesting and under‐investigated test case because of their inherent identity conflict with the state. The current research examines three facto…
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (2 works)