Devorah Kalekin-Fishman Libri

Focusing on the Israeli state education system, the book explores how state structures and policies aim to ensure solidarity and civil loyalty while grappling with issues of equality and equity. It examines the complexities of compulsory education, examination systems, curricula, and teacher regulations, suggesting that systemic contradictions may hinder impartiality. By analyzing this specific case, the author posits that insights gained could have broader implications for understanding similar challenges in state education systems worldwide.

Focusing on sensory experiences, this collection provides in-depth case studies that explore social perspectives across Asia. It examines themes such as the experience of space and place, tradition, and cross-border interactions, highlighting how sensory experiences shape people's connections to their environments. The empirical content reveals the significance of these sensory encounters in understanding the deeper meanings embedded in everyday life, emphasizing the commitment to place among diverse communities.

This book presents findings from an ambitious comparative project. The nine chapters describe results of a theoretically based survey of officials’ personal approaches to multiple citizenships. In this study, members of parliaments, heads of government ministries, officials in local government and in NGOs disclose how they feel about multiple citizenships and how they deal with problems that arise. They also discuss their views on education for (multiple) citizenship and on the evolving relationship of national and regional citizenship. Despite the similarities in formal governance structures of the countries analysed in this research study (Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Portugal, Estonia, the UK), there are deep differences in their state histories, in the mode of their association with the European Union, and in their national cultures. These have a decisive impact on the types of problems officials are faced with and on their interpretations of citizenship and sovereignty in the twenty-first century. This volume provides a nuanced and comprehensive understanding of how officials view the dilemmas of citizenship.