Nation-Building or Ethnic Fragmentation? Frontier Settlement and Collective Identities in Israel

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Authors:  Oren Yiftachel

Date: November 1, 1996

Project: Nation-Building or Ethnic Fragmentation? Frontier Settlement and Collective Identities in Israel

The paper analyses the evolution of collective identities from a critical geographical perspective. It focuses on the impact of frontier settlement policies in settler states, during the course of nation-and state-building efforts. In its theoretical part, the paper highlights the key role of space, place and social control policies.

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