The Choosing People: Interpreting the Puzzling Politics of American Jewry

The political liberalism of American Jews is puzzling because it contradicts the assumption that economic self-interest drives political behavior. Attempts to solve this puzzle with “Judaic” explanations compound the problem by offering theories that are static and universal while American Jewish po...

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Main Author: Wald, Kenneth D. 1949- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2015]
In: Politics and religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-35
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