The glocalization of the shared society concept in Israel

Abstract

AbstractIn November 2008, the Madrid Club's Shared Societies Project published “A Call to Action for Shared Societies” (Club de Madrid 2009). It included a list of commitments, among them, creating opportunities for consultation of minorities, monitoring structures and policies, etc. (ibid, p. 37). The present article seeks to Follow the glocalization process of the principles and describe the ways the concept of “shared society” reached Israeli civil society Describe these through the example of one conference. Follow narratives regarding the “birth of the concept’ Explore the dissemination strategies. Understand the different interpretations attached to it and compare them to the parallel global discourse Describe the implementations and/or rejections. Explore the challenges involved. (While the Club de Madrid recommendations were written to serve governments, in Israel, they were used mainly by civil society organizations, sometimes in cooperation with local authorities. The Israeli government was nor particularly interested in the principles, which was one of the reasons the Club de Madrid ceased its work in the country around 2015).