One hundred years of kibbutz life : a century of crises and reinvention
by Michal Palgi
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One Hundred Years of Kibbutz Life shows that the kibbutz thrives and describes changes that have occurred within Israel's kibbutz community. The kibbutz population has increased in terms of demography and capital, a point frequently overlooked in debates regarding viability. Like the kibbutz founders who established a society grounded in certain principles and meeting certain goals, kibbutz newcomers seek to build an idealistic society with specific social and economic arrangements.The years show more 1909-2009 marked a century of kibbutz life one hundred years of achievements, challenges, and creative changes. The impact of kibbutzim on Israeli society has been substantial but is now waning. While kibbutzim have become less relevant in Israeli policy and politics, they are increasingly engaged in questions of environmentalism, education, and profitable industries.Contributors discuss the hopes, goals, frustrations, and disappointments of the kibbutz movement. They also examine reform efforts intended to revitalize the institution and reinforce fading kibbutz ideals. Such solutions are not always popular among kibbutz members, but they demonstrate that the kibbutz is an adaptive and flexible social organization. The various studies presented in this book clarify the dynamism of the kibbutz institution and raises questions about the ways in which residential arrangements throughout the world manage change. show lessTags
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Michal Palgi, a professor and kibbutz member, is the founding head of the graduate program in organizational development and consulting at the Emek Yezreel College in Israel and the head of the Institute for Research of the Kibbutz and the Cooperative Idea at the University of Haifa. She is author of The Paradox in Partnership. Shulamit Reinharz show more is Jacob Potofsky Professor of Sociology, founding director of the Women's Studies Research Center, and founding director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, all at Brandeis University. show less
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- Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism, History
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- 307.77 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Communities Specific kinds of communities Self-contained communities
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- HX742.2 .A3 .O54 — Social sciences Socialism. Communism. Anarchism Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
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