Ethnic Convergence Processes under Conditions of Persisting Socioeconomic-Decreasing Cultural Differences

The Case of Israeli Society

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ID23247828
AuthorsTova Benski (Bar-Ilan University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Pages357-386
Publication date2017-09-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueImmigration to Israel (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203789049-21
OpenAlexW2332559569
ISBN9780203789049
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited12

This chapter shows that under conditions of persistent ethnic inequality accompanied by widespread acculturation, ethnic convergence processes may proceed in various directions among different subsections of the same group. It focuses on identifying intergenerational changes that have occurred in group boundaries of Jews from Iraq who settled in Israel. The chapter examines both the various directions of ethnic convergence and the different subsections of the group in which they are most apparent. It deals with one group, yet Iraqi Jews comprise the second largest community of origin within Israel's Oriental ethnic subdivision, and, as various studies showed, they are similar in many important respects to many other Oriental groups. The chapter explores the ethnic composition of friendship networks. It looks at friendship patterns, only respondents who answered the relevant questions were included in the analysis. None mentioned Arab friends, a fact that reflects the great residential segregation, and social, socioeconomic and cultural barriers between these two populations in Israel.

Convergence (economics) · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Political science · Population · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Anthropology · Canadian Identity and History · Demography · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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