Religious Minorities in Non-Secular Middle Eastern and North African States

This book describes and compares the circumstances and lived experiences of religious minorities in Tunisia, Morocco, and Israel in the 1970s, countries where the identity and mission of the state are strongly and explicitly tied to the religion of the majority. The politics and identity of Jews in Tunisia and Morocco and Arabs in Israel are, therefore, shaped to a substantial degree by their status as religious minorities in non-secular states. This collection, based on in-depth fieldwork carried out during an important moment in the history of each community, and of the region, considers the nature and implications of each group's response to its circumstances. It focuses on both the community and individual levels of analysis and draws, in part, on original public opinion surveys. It also compares the three communities in order to offer generalizable insights about ways the identity, political culture, and institutional character of a minority group are shaped by thebroader political environment in which it resides. The project will appeal to scholars and students in the fields of Middle Eastern and North African studies, Judaic studies, Islamic Studies, minority group politics, and international relations and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Mark Tessler is Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, USA.

Auteur
Mark Tessler is Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, USA.

Contenu
1. Chapter 1 Jews in Tunisia and Morocco and Arabs in Israel: Defining Attributes and Foundations for Comparative Analysis
Part I. Typologies and Theory: Some Comparisons among Jews in Tunisia and Morocco and Arabs inIsrael

2. Chapter 2 Ethnic Change and Non-assimilating Minority Status: The Case of Jews in Tunisia and Morocco and Arabs in Israel
3. Chapter 3 The Identity of Religious Minorities in Non-secular States: Jews in Tunisia and Morocco and Arabs in Israel
4. Chapter 4 The Protection of Minorities in the Middle East: The Case of Jews in Tunisia and Morocco and Arabs in Israel in the 1970s
   Part II. The Context: Religion, Politics, and Conflict in the Middle East in the 1970s
5. Chapter 5 A Cultural Basis for Arab-Israeli Accommodation
6. Chapter 6 Secularism in the Middle East: Reflections on Recent Palestinian Proposals
7. Chapter 7 Political Change and the Religious Revival in Tunisia
8. Chapter 8 Israel and Morocco: The Political Calculus of a 'Moderate' Arab State
   Part III. Jews in Tunisia and Morocco: Two Small Mobilized Minorities
9. Chapter 9 The Jews of North Africa
10. Chapter 10 The Political Culture of Jews in Tunisia and Morocco (by Mark Tessler and Linda Hawkins)
11. Chapter 11 Minorities in Retreat: The Jews of the Maghreb (by Mark Tessler, Linda Hawkins, and Jutta Parsons)
    Part IV. Israel's Arab Citizens: A Large Proletarian Minority
12. Chapter 12 Israel's Arabs and the Palestinian Problem
13. Chapter 13 Arabs in Israel
14. Chapter 14 Arab Women's Emancipation in Israel
15. Chapter 15 Israel's Arab Citizens: The Continuing Struggle (by Mark Tessler and Audra K. Grant)
    16. Chapter 16 Reflections, 2019