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Israeli Democracy Under Stress / ed. by Ehud Sprinzak, Larry Diamond.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: IDI Policy StudiesPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©1993Description: 1 online resource (385 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781555873783
  • 9781685856465
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Democracy as Paradox -- PART I HISTORICAL ORIGINS -- 3 The Origins of Israeli Political Culture -- 4 The Historical Origins of Israeli Democracy -- PART 2 POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS -- 5 The Electoral System, Government, and Democracy -- 6 Israeli Democracy and Democratic Reform in Comparative Perspective -- 7 Rights and Democracy: The Court s Performance -- 8 Israels Political Economy -- PART 3 POLITICAL BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES -- 9 Elite Illegalism in Israel and the Question of Democracy -- 10 The Politics of Provocation Revisited: Participation and Protest in Israel -- 11 Trends in the Commitment to Democracy: 1987-1990 -- 12 The Israeli Public and the Intifada: Attitude Change or Entrenchment? -- PART 4 POLITICAL CULTURE AND SOCIAL CLEAVAGES -- 13 Democratic Politics and Culture in Modern Israel: Recent Trends -- 14 Religion and Democracy in Israel -- 15 Political Education in the Midst of a National Identity Crisis: The Compatibility of Judaism and Democracy as a Pedagogical Theme -- 16 Class, Ethnic, and National Cleavages and Democracy in Israel -- 17 The Arab-Israeli Conflict and Israeli Democracy -- PART 5 CONCLUSION -- 18 Directions for Reform -- About the Contributors -- Index -- About the Israel Democracy Institute -- About the Book
Summary: The authors explore the increasing ungovernmability of the Jewish state, its obsolete electoral system and cynical coalition politics, its overburdened judiciary, its stagnant economy, and related issues. While highly critical, they present the most comprehensive effort to date to provide a scholarly foundation for political reform in Israel.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Democracy as Paradox -- PART I HISTORICAL ORIGINS -- 3 The Origins of Israeli Political Culture -- 4 The Historical Origins of Israeli Democracy -- PART 2 POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS -- 5 The Electoral System, Government, and Democracy -- 6 Israeli Democracy and Democratic Reform in Comparative Perspective -- 7 Rights and Democracy: The Court s Performance -- 8 Israels Political Economy -- PART 3 POLITICAL BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES -- 9 Elite Illegalism in Israel and the Question of Democracy -- 10 The Politics of Provocation Revisited: Participation and Protest in Israel -- 11 Trends in the Commitment to Democracy: 1987-1990 -- 12 The Israeli Public and the Intifada: Attitude Change or Entrenchment? -- PART 4 POLITICAL CULTURE AND SOCIAL CLEAVAGES -- 13 Democratic Politics and Culture in Modern Israel: Recent Trends -- 14 Religion and Democracy in Israel -- 15 Political Education in the Midst of a National Identity Crisis: The Compatibility of Judaism and Democracy as a Pedagogical Theme -- 16 Class, Ethnic, and National Cleavages and Democracy in Israel -- 17 The Arab-Israeli Conflict and Israeli Democracy -- PART 5 CONCLUSION -- 18 Directions for Reform -- About the Contributors -- Index -- About the Israel Democracy Institute -- About the Book

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The authors explore the increasing ungovernmability of the Jewish state, its obsolete electoral system and cynical coalition politics, its overburdened judiciary, its stagnant economy, and related issues. While highly critical, they present the most comprehensive effort to date to provide a scholarly foundation for political reform in Israel.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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