Hebrew Republic

Bernard Avishai. The Hebrew Republic: How Secular Democracy and Global Enterprise Will Bring Israel Peace at Last.
Hardcover: 290 pp. Harcourt, 2008.

The author argues that Israel must become a more complete democracy if it is to have any chance for a peaceful future. "He exposes the connection between Israel's constitutional crisis and the other problems besetting the nation -- the expansion of settlements, the alienation of Israeli Arabs, and the exploding ultra-Orthodox population. He also makes an intriguing case for Israel's new international businesses as forces that can change the country for the better." -- Jacket flap