Sylvie Fogiel-Bijaoui

Sylvie Fogiel-Bijaoui is Professor of Sociology at the Academic College in Ramat-Gan, Israel. She holds a PhD in Political Sociology from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and Paris (West)- Nanterre (Paris). Her research focuses on four main areas: the analysis of the Jewish community in pre-state Israel and of Israeli society; the sociohistorical analysis of the kibbutz; comparative study of citizenship and human rights; and comparative research on the family.

Articles by this author

Politics in the Yishuv and Israel

Institutionalized politics and a variety of factors—the politicization of women’s issues, the Israeli-Arab conflict, the impact of religion on the political arena, and the socio-economic structure—have resulted in both exclusion and inclusion of women in Israeli politics.
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Kibbutz

Although the kibbutz was intended as an equalitarian, democratic utopia, attempts to achieve gender equality have been limited by traditional masculinities and male-controlled spheres and gender inequalities have persisted.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Sylvie Fogiel-Bijaoui." (Viewed on April 19, 2024) <http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/fogiel-bijaoui-sylvie>.