Product Description: A resurgence of worldwide terrorism threats has become a major problem for Israel, the United States, and numerous other countries. While citizens, politicians, and commentators demand a solution, the Israeli experience suggests that there are limits to the effectiveness of "heroic" action in solving this problem...read more

Product Description: Prominent political theorist Ira Sharkansky looks at the intersection of religion and politics, using the case of Israel―where a chief rabbi officiates along with a prime minister―to examine how the two inform each other.Focusing more on similarities than differences, Sharkansky demonstrates that both religion and politics can justify their position on the moral high ground...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Social scientists have constructed elaborate theories involving policymakers as rational actors and purporting to predict and explain policy outcomes. In contrast, this provocative book paints a picture of policymakers who - coping with the uncertainty of constantly changing constraints - must simplify, taking shortcuts rather than surveying all of their options and pursuing carefully thought-out plans...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Sharkansky asserts that the use of ambiguity and other forms of coping are more suitable than problem solving in dealing with certain kinds of public problems. However, there are costs as well as benefits associated with these less than perfect ways of policy making...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This analysis of the Israeli government's ability to address problems, looks at the specific issues of: large-scale immigration; Israel-Arab disputes and the Middle East peace process; Jerusalem; and disputes between religious and secular Jews concerning the role of religion in the state...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Governing Jerusalem describes the governance of a city that is-arguably more than any other city in the world-caught up in the pressures of religious and ethnic competition. Drawing on his twenty years as a resident of Jerusalem, Ira Sharkansky captures the unique traits of the city and relates its politics to what has been written about other cities...read more

Product Description: Book by Sharkansky, Ira

Product Description: The resurgence of political economy as an important topic reflects the deep interpenetration of politics and economics. There are few economic issues of consequence that are not shaped by government decisions, and there are few governments whose agendas are not dominated by economic issues...read more

Book by Sharkansky, Ira

Product Description: Hardcover book.