Kibbutz and Micro. Soft © Professor Gad Barzilai
What is a Kibbutz? n A relatively gated community, historically based on agriculture, which is sharing property and responsibility. The idea is social- one gets not want he/she wants but what he/she needs.
The Importance n Venues of social Zionist mobilization n Venues of Political Mobilization for Labor Parties n Venues of developing the Pioneering spirit n Venues of egalitarianism n Venues of militarism
Why the Kibbutz Declined? n n The Impossibility of gated communities The internal political strife among and between various political aspects of Kibbutzim. The unbearable lightness of personal entrepreneurship. The fragmentation of Labor Party and the economic crisis.
Why the Kibbutz Declined? n n n Capitalization after the 1970 s, liberalism and neo-liberalism, and massive urbanization. Globalization The decline of the Kibbutz as an Elite. The Settler, Halutz/ Pioneer myth has changedfrom Labor to Occupation. From Agriculture to Hi-technology.
Social Stratification n n Israel is becoming after 1998 one of the most economically stratified democracies [with Gini indicator>. 39] Economic export- about $34 Billion. Industryabout 67%; Agriculture- about 3%.
Where is political power? Military? Business Elite? Media? Government? Parliament? Supreme Court?
The Hi-Tech
From the periphery to CITY
Increasing Tensions n Globalization– Localities n Ethnodemocracy- Global Issues n The Global Mind- The Ethnic Mind n Pioneer-Fighter or Inventor
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