kibbutz movement

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The kibbutz movement is a collective agricultural and communal living system in Israel that became a central social and economic expression of Labor Zionist ideals.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural cooperative system
communal settlement system
social movement
associatedWithParty Labor Party (Israel)
Mapai
Mapam
basedOn agricultural production
collective ownership
communal living
corePrinciple collective responsibility
direct democracy
equality of members
mutual aid
country Israel
developedDuring British Mandate of Palestine
economicModel cooperative economy
planned communal economy
educationModel children’s houses system
collective education
emergedIn Ottoman Palestine
early 20th century
governance elected committees
general assembly of members
hasOrganization HaKibbutz HaMeuhad
Kibbutz Artzi
Kibbutz Movement (unified)
United Kibbutz Movement
hasPart kibbutz
ideology Labor Zionism
Zionism
socialism
influencedBy European socialist ideas
pioneer ethos
utopian socialism
language Hebrew
locatedIn Israel
mainActivity agriculture
industrial production
social services for members
roleIn Israeli agriculture
Israeli defense and security
Jewish settlement in Palestine
absorption of immigrants in Israel
state-building of Israel
significantInPeriod Yishuv era
socialModel collective child-rearing
egalitarian community
shared consumption
transitionTrend differential wages in some kibbutzim
privatization of services
shift from agriculture to industry and services

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