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Ethnic Minorities in Israel and Turkey: Inside Outsiders offers a compelling comparative analysis of state- minority relations, revealing how national identity is constructed and contested through the lens of two of the region's most enduring ethnic conflicts.
Through extensive fieldwork and elite interviews, this book investigates how Israeli and Turkish political elites have responded to the political mobilization of their largest minorities – Palestinians and Kurds. It traces the historical trajectories of nation-building, examines the securitization of minority rights, and explores the ways in which demands for autonomy, recognition, and equal participation are interpreted as existential threats to national unity. Drawing on the ethnic boundary-making framework, the chapters analyse how divergent strategies – exclusion in Israel and forced assimilation in Turkey – have shaped patterns of inclusion and exclusion, with particular attention to the symbolic role of trans-border kinship, collective rights, and political representation. By highlighting the narratives of political elites, this book illuminates how ethnic minorities come to be treated as "inside outsiders," navigating the tensions between national loyalty and ethnocultural affiliation.
Essential reading for scholars of comparative politics, nationalism, Middle East studies, and ethnic relations, this book deepens our understanding of how contested identities are negotiated in the modern nation-state.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- List of abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Ethnic boundary-making approach to ethnicity and nation-building
- 3 State-minority relations in Israel and Turkey: Historical trajectories of boundary-making
- 4 Challenging ethnic hierarchies: Palestinian and Kurdish mobilization for collective rights
- 5 Palestinian citizens as a “security dilemma”: Israeli political elite’s perspectives on Palestinian citizens and minority rights
- 6 The Kurdish question as an “external plot”: Turkish political elite’s perspectives on Kurdish citizens and minority rights
- 7 Inside outsiders: Transborder homeland minorities and ethnic boundaries
- 8 Conclusion
- Index