Mo(ve)ments of Resistance

“In this volume, Grinberg links key episodes in which Israeli power-holders were challenged by subordinate groups in different arenas and eras. The result is an original and compelling account of Israel's social and political history and a fine illustration of the dialectics that both generate and defuse popular insurgency. Many of the cases are little-known, even to Israelis, and they are analyzed boldly and accessibly, offering original perspectives and insights on the most important political developments of the last half-century, including the massive social justice protests of 2011 and their extinction. Along the way the reader learns a great deal of new things about Israel’s social, economic, and political life.” ~Michael Shalev, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

"Grinberg is an Argentinian-born, Israeli academically-trained, sociologist and political economist, who with his training and interest looks at Israel’s political development through the filter of class structure and social dominance by European Jews’ control of the Israel political structure. A wide range of the relevant sociological, economic, and political literature is arrayed to support Grinberg’s theory that there has been a continuous tension between marginalized Jewish and Palestinian groups for a share of the economic forces shaping Israeli society. . . . The audience for this book would be the upper levels of academia with a focus on political economics." ~Sanford R. Silverburg, Catawba College