title: Through the Lens of Israel: Explorations in State and Society (SUNY series in Israeli Studies)
author:  Joel S. Migdal 
description: This is one of the most original and important books on Israel in yearsa rare work of first-class scholarship that is so well written it can be read with profit by the educated reader, students, and scholars.  Myron J. Aronoff, author of Power and Ritual in the Israel Labor Party: A Study in Political Anthropology<br><br>Fascinating, readable, and highly original. Combines a mastery of the Israeli case with far-reaching theoretical insights.  Eva Bellin, Harvard University
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