Sessional Lecturer: POL377H1 F, Topics in Comparative Politics I (Becoming Israel)
Posted by University of Toronto • June 08, 2026
Description
Date Posted: 06/05/2026
Req ID: 48449
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Dept of Political Science
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: [[positionNumber]]
Existing Vacancy: Yes
Description:
Course Number and Title: POL377H1 F, Topics in Comparative Politics I (Becoming Israel: War, Peace, and the Politics of Israel's Identity)
Course description: This course will focus on Israel's balancing act between two competing objectives, one seeking to fulfill the Zionist vision and entrench Jewishness within the state and the other seeking to establish democratic institutions and procedures. Since independence, Israel's official ideology, Zionism, has been shaping the state's economic, political, demographic, and security policies, designed to advance the interests of the Jewish population in Israel. The Palestinian...
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