The Labour movement -- The Histadrut -- Accounting for exclusivism : the Histadrut and the Palestinians -- Accounting for hegemony : the sources of Mapai's supremacy -- Labour relations -- Why no 'historic compromise'? -- From corporatism to crisis -- Policy and political economy -- Policy outcomes : Dualism and disorder -- The crisis of the state -- Conclusions -- Appendices (p. [338]-354) : 1. the political demography of Palestine/Israel -- 2. the Labour movement economy (Chevrat Ovdim) -- 3. linkages between union peak organizations and Labour parties (after Bahat, 1979) -- 4. the left-wing parties of Jewish Palestine and Israel
Summary
In this comprehensive account of Israel's central labour organization, the Histradut, and the Israeli Labour Party, which dominated politics for more than four decades, the author develops a political economy approach which draws on contemporary theories of labour movements, labour markets, and state/economy relations
Analysis
Industrial relations
Israel
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-386) and indexes
