Abstract
DEMOGRAPHY HAS a profound impact on politics (Bookman 2002; Teitel-baum 2005). This is all the more so in a country like Israel: a political hotspot where population statistics are wielded as weapons to prop up one's ideology, to justify a proposed policy or to support a historical theory. From scholarly debate on the biblical period to contemporary election campaign speeches, demography colors political discourse. It is imperative, then, to study population-environment (P-E) interactions in not only an ecological context, but in a sociohistorical context as well.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Between Ruin and Restoration |
| Subtitle of host publication | An Environmental History of Israel |
| Pages | 82-105 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Volume | 9780822978114 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780822978114 |
| State | Published - 2012 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities