The logic of democratic exclusion: African Americans in the United States and Palestinian citizens in Israel

Abstract

Part 1 Democracies and the Politics of Collective National Identity Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 National Identity and Collective Action Part 4 The Political and Legal Construction of National Identity Chapter 5 Representing American National Identity: The Shifting Status of African Americans Chapter 6 National Identity in Israel: Being a Palestinian in a Jewish State Chapter 7 The Legal Construction of Membership in Israel Part 8 The Symbolic Contours of Identity Chapter 9 Reinventing the Invisible Man: African Americans and the American Symbolic Indexes of Identity Chapter 10 Nationalizing Religion: The Israeli National Symbolic Matrix Part 11 Explaining Inclusion: The Search for Stability Chapter 12 Rewriting National Identity: From Blacks to African Americans Chapter 13 The Crisis of Israeli Collective National Identity