The Industrial Geography of Israel (Hardcover)

Part I The industrial geography of Israel: An introduction 1 GENERAL BACKGROUND 2 ISRAELI INDUSTRY: BACKGROUND AND ROLE IN THE ECONOMY Part II The evolution of the industrial geography of Israel until 1973 3 INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION IN ISRAEL: GENERAL ARGUMENTS 4 THE PRE-STATEHOOD ROOTS 5 EARLY CRYSTALLISATION OF THE ISRAELI SPATIAL INDUSTRIALISATION POLICY, 1948?55 6 THE GREAT PUSH FORWARD: INDUSTRIALISATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT TOWNS, 1956?67 7 THE POST?1967 CROSSROADS Part III The industrial geography of Israel in a period of economic stagnation8 CHANGING REALITIES OF THE 1970s AND 1980s 9 MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INDUSTRIAL DISPERSAL POLICY: A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT 10 STAGNATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL BASE IN THE PERIPHERY AND THE CASE FOR DIVERSIFICATION 11 INERTIA AND INCREMENTAL CHANGE: AN EVALUATION OF THE INCENTIVES FOR INDUSTRIAL DISPERSAL 12 CORPORATE GEOGRAPHY AND THE CRISIS IN THE FEDERATION OF LABOUR ENTERPRISES 13 THE EMERGING GEOGRAPHY OF HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES 14 THE RE-EMERGENCE OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES 15 THE LOCAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPTION Part IV Rural industrialisation in Israel 16 INDUSTRIALISATION IN RURAL ISRAEL: AN INTRODUCTION 17 THE UNIQUE CASE OF THE KIBBUTZ 18 THE RURAL MOSHAV INDUSTRIALISATION PROCESS 19 INDUSTRIALISATION IN THE ARAB SECTOR Part V Postscript 20 ISRAEL’S INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY IN THE 1990s