State mutability and ethnic civil society: the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel

摘要: This article identifies the phenomenon of ethnic civil society activism as mobilization that seeks to empower an community and challenges institutional order. The case Palestinian Arab minority in Israel is discussed used reveal conditions under which disaffected minorities pursue path society. study finds analytical framework stresses mutability state structures changes broader state-society relations provides a better explanation than existing theories conflict. State-society characteristics conducive this type are well-institutionalized can prevent deviation from state's foundational rules counterbalanced dispersion authority limits regime capacity control