Urban Social Movements in Jerusalem: The Protest of the Second Generation

212 Pages·1993·19.555 MB·English

by  Shlomo Hasson

Urban Social Movements
in Jerusalem
SUNY Series in
Israeli Studies
Russell Stone, Editor
Urban Social Movements
in Jerusalem
The Protest of the Second Generation
Shlomo Hasson
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
in cooperation with
THE JERUSALEM INSTITUTE FOR ISRAEL STUDIES
Originally published in Hebrew, © Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies,
Research Series No. 26, 1987.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hasson, Shlomo.
[Mel.ta'at ha-dor ha-sheni. English]
Urban social movements in Jerusalem: the protest of the second
generation / Shlomo Hasson.
p. cm.-(SUNY series in Israeli studies)
New version of: Mel.ta'at ha-dor ha-sheni.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-7914-1427-2 (ch. : acid-free paper).- ISBN 0-7914-1428-0
(pbk. : acid-free paper)
1. Social movements-Jerusalem. 2. Civil rights movements
Jerusalem. 3. Radicalism-Jerusalem. 4. Jews, Oriental
Jerusalem-Politics and government. 5. Children of immigrants
Jerusalem-Political activity. 6. Jerusalem-Politics and
government. I. Title. II. Series.
HN660.J47H3713 1993
303.48'4'09569442-dc20 92-15120
CIP
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents
List of Map and Figures Vll
List of Tables viii
Preface ix
1 Urban Social Movements-Theoretical Discussion 1
2 The Emergence of Urban Social Movements 15
3 The Varying Types of Urban Protest 53
4 Why Do Urban Movements Diverge? 87
5 The Relationships Between the State and the Urban
Movements 113
6 Theoretical, Practical, and Ethical Reflections 153
Bibliography 179
Index 189
v

List of Map and Figures
Map 1. The Location of Urban Protest by Neighborhood in
Jersualem 28
Figure 1. The Divergence of Protest According to
Orientation and Strategy of Action 70
Figure 2. The Three Levels of Universal Orientation 71
Figure 3. Type of Organization According to
Orientation and Interpretation 92
Figure 4. Internal Conflicts Within the Local Government 150
Figure 5. The Relationships Between Context and
Human Agency 162
vii
List of Tables
Table 1. Socioeconomic Disparities in Older
Israeli Towns (1961-1972) 30
Table 2. Differences Between Three Types of
Protest Movements 84
Table 3. Structural Conditions, Experiences,
and Protest Tendencies 158
viii