The Soviet Man in an Open Society
Published on 19. September 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
380 pages
978-0-8191-7574-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a detailed examination of the absorption of Soviet emigrants in Israel during the years 1967 to 1985. Factors that account for these immigrants' successful economic absorption are included as well as a study of their social and cultural absorption. The book proposes that the value system to which the Soviet immigrants were exposed in the Soviet Union facilitated successful economic absorption in Israel but constitute a source of difficulty with regard to other aspects of absorption. A key concept in the examination of the values which Soviet Jews acquired through socialization of the Soviet Union is that of the Soviet Man. This book attempts to demonstrate how the characteristics of the Soviet Man manifest themselves in various aspects of immigrant's life in Israel. Contents: The Process of Emigration; Economic and Occupational Behavior (General); Economic and Occupational Behavior (Case Studies); Social and Political Integration; and ^IJews from Georg
Reviews / Votes
This is an important book. It is a valuable addition to migration literature, for it examines a vastly different population and discovers new labor market impediments to immigrant absorption. * International Migration Review * A useful collection of articles on the absorption processes of Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union in Israel based on serious research; readable; valuable for students and the general reader interested in Jewish life in the Soviet Union and in Israeli society, as well as changes taking place of Soviet man in an open society. -- Prof. Mondecha: Altshuler, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem * International Migration Review * ...unrivalled by anything else available so far in its detailed and fascinating panorama... -- Peter Juviler, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, New York, NY * International Migration Review * ...recommended to behavioral specialists who are interested, from a sociological or social psychological perspective, in the problems of social adaptation posed by immigration. * Perspectives on Political Science * ...recommended to behavioral specialists who are interested, from a sociological or social psychological perspective, in the problems of social adaptation posed by immigration. * Perspectives on Political Science * This is an important book. It is a valuable addition to migration literature, for it examines a vastly different population and discovers new labor market impediments to immigrant absorption. * International Migration Review * A useful collection of articles on the absorption processes of Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union in Israel based on serious research; readable; valuable for students and the general reader interested in Jewish life in the Soviet Union and in Israeli society, as well as changes taking place of Soviet man in an open society. -- Prof. Mondecha: Altshuler, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem * International Migration Review * ...unrivalled by anything else available so far in its detailed and fascinating panorama... -- Peter Juviler, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, New York, NY * International Migration Review *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8191-7574-8 (9780819175748)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
The process of emigration; economic and occupational behaviour (general and case studies); social and political integration; Jews from Georgia.