The Israeli Settler Movement
Assessing and Explaining Social Movement Success

The first systematic analysis and explanation of the political success of the Israeli settler movement based on a novel theoretical framework and rich empirical analysis.

Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler (Author), Cas Mudde (Author)

9781107138643, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 3 December 2020

280 pages
16 x 23.5 x 2 cm, 0.59 kg

'… accessible and readable volume … The authors provide an imaginative, well-structured, theoretical framework for assessing social movement success, supported by empirical evidence, interview data, and discursive analysis to analyze the Israeli settler case. Recommended.' R. A. Harper, Choice

The Israeli settler movement plays a key role in Israeli politics and the Arab-Israeli conflict, yet very few empirical studies of the movement exist. This is the first in-depth examination of the contemporary Israeli settler movement from a structural (rather than purely historical or political) perspective, and one of the few studies to focus on a longstanding, radical right-wing social movement in a non-western political context. A trailblazing systematic assessment of the role of the settler movement in Israeli politics writ large, as well as in relation to Israel's policy towards the West Bank, this book analyzes the movement both as a whole and as a combination of its parts (i.e. branches) - institutions, networks, and individuals. Whether you are a student, researcher, or policymaker, this book offers a comprehensive and original theoretical framework alongside a rich empirical analysis which illuminates social movements in general, and the Israeli settler movement in particular.

Preface
Introduction
1. Theoretical Framework
2. History of the Settlements
3. History of the Settler Movement
4. Assessing the Settler Movement's Success
5. The Action Repertoires of the Branches
6. A Case of Success: Ariel
7. A Case of Failure: The Gaza Disengagement
8. Conclusion
References.

Subject Areas: Revolutionary groups & movements [JPWQ], Political ideologies [JPF], Comparative politics [JPB], Social & political philosophy [HPS], Middle Eastern history [HBJF1]