TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural shift and foreign policy change
T2 - Israel and the making of the Oslo Accords
AU - Rynhold, Jonathan
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - This article analyses the role of cultural shift, as defined by Inglehart, in the major change in Israeli foreign policy embodied in the Oslo Accords. Aside from providing an empirical explanation, it also analyses the Oslo case from a general theoretical perspective concerning the relationship between cultural change and foreign policy change. It argues that a cultural shift towards Postmaterialism led to the rise of a new generation on the Israeli Left with a more Liberal outlook. It was this 'Liberal Left' that was primarily responsible for conceiving, initiating and enacting the Oslo Accords. In broader terms, this study provides a new way of examining the relationship between cultural change and foreign policy change. As such, it provides a solid basis for the comparative analysis of the role of a substantive, worldwide cultural trend on foreign policy.
AB - This article analyses the role of cultural shift, as defined by Inglehart, in the major change in Israeli foreign policy embodied in the Oslo Accords. Aside from providing an empirical explanation, it also analyses the Oslo case from a general theoretical perspective concerning the relationship between cultural change and foreign policy change. It argues that a cultural shift towards Postmaterialism led to the rise of a new generation on the Israeli Left with a more Liberal outlook. It was this 'Liberal Left' that was primarily responsible for conceiving, initiating and enacting the Oslo Accords. In broader terms, this study provides a new way of examining the relationship between cultural change and foreign policy change. As such, it provides a solid basis for the comparative analysis of the role of a substantive, worldwide cultural trend on foreign policy.
KW - Cultural shift
KW - Foreign policy
KW - Israel
KW - Oslo Accords
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36448940792&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0010836707082649
DO - 10.1177/0010836707082649
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AN - SCOPUS:36448940792
SN - 0010-8367
VL - 42
SP - 419
EP - 440
JO - Cooperation and Conflict
JF - Cooperation and Conflict
IS - 4
ER -