Gender Research Between Identity and Policy: The Case of Israeli Social Sciences in the 21st Century.

This review of gender research in 21st century Israel offers a twofold argument. The first is that Israeli gender literature follows parallel tracks: identity studies that serve as a platform for marginalized groups, and policy studies which examine the impact of economic, political, and legal polic...

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Publicado en:Israel Studies Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 10 - 31
Autores principales: Misgav, Chen, Sasson-Levy, Orna
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Indiana University Press Spring2023
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        Israel
        Political participation
        Legal status of women
        State power
        Gender inequality
        Activism
        Gender
        Gender identity
        Twenty-first century
        Neoliberalism
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          Political participation
          Legal status of women
          State power
          Gender inequality
          Activism
          Gender
          Gender identity
          Israel
          Twenty-first century
          Neoliberalism
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        Gender Studies
        Identity Studies
        Mizrahi feminism
        Neocolonialism
        Policy Studies
        Sexuality
        Social Sciences in Israel
        Gender Studies
        Identity Studies
        Mizrahi feminism
        Neocolonialism
        Policy Studies
        Sexuality
        Social Sciences in Israel
      ab: This review of gender research in 21st century Israel offers a twofold argument. The first is that Israeli gender literature follows parallel tracks: identity studies that serve as a platform for marginalized groups, and policy studies which examine the impact of economic, political, and legal policies on the status of women. Although the two approaches follow very different tracks, they are closely related and linked by feminist activism. This distinction is the organizing axis of our article. The second argument is that current gender literature in Israel is shaped mainly by neoliberalism and neocolonialism as opposed to a literature that traditionally focused on the nation state as the dominant power constituting gender relations. Neoliberal governance is not limited to economics or politics. It extends rather to newly gendered subjects, shapes citizenship patterns, and reorganizes society. Neocolonialism and the militarism it maintains attain a constitutive status in local experience, with a key role in identity politics, the gendering of political action and most importantly, the perpetration of gender inequalities. Our study indicates that gender research in Israel is shaped around neoliberalism and neocolonialism, both of which generate identification and resistance. Thus, despite the common tendency of gender scholars to oppose both neoliberalism and neocolonialism, a social division into multiple gender identity groups, as well as Israel's gender policies, may inadvertently serve the interests of both neoliberal and neocolonial regimes.
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