{"product_id":"shifting-ethnic-boundaries-and-inequality-in-israel-or-how-the-polish-peddler-became-a-german-intellectual-9780804756976","title":"Shifting Ethnic Boundaries and Inequality in Israel: Or, How the Polish Peddler Became a German Intellectual","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy do racial and ethnic groups discriminate against each other? The most common sociological answer is that they want to monopolize scarce resources-good jobs or top educations-for themselves. This book offers a different answer, showing that racial and ethnic discrimination can also occur to preserve particular group identities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShifting Ethnic Boundaries and Inequality in Israel\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the early period of Israeli statehood to examine how the European Jewish founders treated Middle Eastern Jewish immigrants. The author argues that, shaped by their own unique encounter with European colonialism, the European Jews were intent on producing Israel as part of the West. To this end, they excluded and discriminated against those Middle Eastern Jews who threatened the goal of Westernization. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlending quantitative and qualitative evidence, Aziza Khazzoom provides a compelling rationale for the emergence of ethnic identity and group discrimination, while also suggesting new ways to understand Israeli-Palestinian relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aziza Khazzoom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.15h x 6.49w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804756976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAziza Khazzoom is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Hebrew University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44284020555891,"sku":"9.7808E+12","price":118.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_0d126da4-926c-498e-a853-7fc34a6c2964.jpg?v=1770555955","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/shifting-ethnic-boundaries-and-inequality-in-israel-or-how-the-polish-peddler-became-a-german-intellectual-9780804756976","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}