‘ Scientific Strategists ’ in the Period of Mamlachtiut : Reciprocity between the Academic Community and Political Power Centers Moshe Lissak and Uri Cohen In the first decades of the State of Israel an elitist group of scholars from academic institutions ) mainly from the natural sciences ( organized itself into a unique and powerful status group . Its members were senior partners in establishing and developing programs and processes that significantly shaped Israeli society . The sources of the power of this group ) termed ‘ scientific strategists’ ( came from personal and institutional cooperation between its members and highly influential political figures who strongly affected the group’s agenda . This reciprocity was founded on mutual trust and loyalty that established the infrastructure and the impetus needed for creating the main political tradition of the time – mamlachtiut ) statehood ( . The paper examines the policy that the ‘ scientific strategists ’ implemented which enab...
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