Judaism and Jewishness in the Jewish state / Charles Liebman and Bernard Susser -- The implications of the transition to peace for Israeli society / Sammy Smooha -- Israel in transition from Zionism to post-Zionism / Herbert C. Kelman -- Israeli national security, 1973-96 / Efraim Inbar -- Israel and the Palestinians: fifty years of wars and turning points / Shlomo Gazit -- Israel's Arab citizens: the continuing struggle / Mark Tessler and Audra K. Grant -- Extremism and violence in Israel: the crisis of messianic politics / Ehud Sprinzak -- The changing political economy of Israel / Yair Aharoni -- Civil society in transition: interest politics in Israel / Yael Yishai -- The politics of mass communication in Israel / Gideon Doron -- The new premier-parliamentary system in Israel / Avraham Brichta -- Transitions in Israel's policymaking network / Yair Zalmanovitch -- Reshaping the map of Israel: a new national planning doctrine / Arie Shachar.