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Israel's Capacity to Govern

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2011

Marver H. Bernstein
Marver H. Bernstein
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Princeton University
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To those concerned with the process of political development, Israel's transition in its first decade from Jewish self-government under the Mandate to independent statehood is stimulating and fascinating. For Israel is sufficiently small in size and scope to be utilized as a laboratory for close observation of phenomena relevant to an understanding of political development in countries struggling toward national sovereignty in Africa, the Near East, and Asia.

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Research Article
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World Politics , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , April 1959 , pp. 399 - 417
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Copyright © Trustees of Princeton University 1959

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References

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