The Elections in Israel 1984

The Elections in Israel  1984
Author: Alan Arian,Michal Shamir
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1986
Genre: Elections
ISBN: UOM:39015012311190

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The Elections in Israel 1996

The Elections in Israel 1996
Author: Asher Arian,Michal Shamir
Publsiher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780791495223

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Leading social scientists from Israeli and American universities, using different methods and representing diverse intellectual traditions, address the precedent-setting events of Israel's 1996 elections. The contributors discuss the meaning of collective identity, the role of religion and nationalism in modern Israel, the political behavior of Israeli Arabs, the secrets of success of the immigrant party. Also discussed are issues such as the impact of the direct election law on party organization, primaries and coalition-formation calculations, the repeated electoral failure of Shimon Peres, and the role of the media in the election campaign. The 1996 elections in Israel represented a "first" in Israeli politics in many ways. For the first time Israelis directly elected their prime minister and, in simultaneous but separate elections, they elected their 120-member Knesset (parliament). Also, it was the first time that elections were held after the mutual recognition of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization following the Oslo accords and it was the first election held after the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rubin. The political parties made widespread use of primaries in 1996, and hundreds of thousands of new immigrants from the former Soviet Union cast their first ballots. The large support for a party supported by former-Soviet immigrants highlighted the emergence of sectarian interests. This was also expressed in the surge for the two Arab parties from five seats in 1992 to nine seats in 1996, and for the three Jewish religious parties whose combined representation grew from 16 to 23 seats.

Israel s Odd Couple

Israel s Odd Couple
Author: Daniel Judah Elazar,Shmuel Sandler
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1990
Genre: Coalition governments
ISBN: UOM:39015018958259

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Israel's Odd Couple analyzes the unusual 1984 Knesset elections and the unique government that resulted. For the first time in Israel's political history, the Jewish state emerged from an election so close that no major party could form a ruling coalition. The National Unity Government that emerged was based on a coalition that represented the two opposing blocs and three camps of Israeli society. The ten essays assembled here by editors Daniel J. Elazar and Shmuel Sandler describe and analyze these two major events and processes in Israel's electoral and political behavior. In the first part of the book, five Israeli political scientists and sociologists focus on the main actors and forces that participated in the 1984 elections: Likud, Labor, the religious parties, and the ethnic and Arab votes. Another chapter is dedicated to electoral financing. The second part of the book explores several aspects of the National Unity Government. In spite of the difficult circumstances surrounding its creation, the National Unity Government, against all expectations, served for the longest period in Israel's political history. At the same time, it was unable to resolve deeply rooted problems and cleavages in the Israeli polity.

The Elections In Israel

The Elections In Israel
Author: Alan Arian,Michal Shamir
Publsiher: Transaction Publishers
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2024
Genre: History
ISBN: 1412822386

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The Elections in Israel--2003 brings together leading Israeli and North American social scientists and their state-of-the-art, in-depth analysis of the 2003 Israeli national elections. These elections returned Ariel Sharon and the Likud to power amid one of the bloodiest rounds of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and a severe economic downturn in Israel. Contributors analyze the electoral behavior of the voters as a whole and various subgroups, highlighting social cleavages and identity, as well as issues and other strategic considerations. Three chapters analyze in detail the Arab, the national-religious, and the "Russian" vote. The 2003 elections saw Israel's return to the family of parliamentary nations after it experimented with the direct election of the prime minister from 1996 through 2001. The impact of the adoption and repeal of this unique Israeli system of government is another major topic covered in this volume, and several contributions explore the impact of these changes upon the electorate, the party system, and party financing. Other unusual features of the 2003 elections were the low turnout levels among Jewish and Arab voters; political moves to disqualify Arab candidates and lists from running for office, which were overruled by the Supreme Court of Israel; the collapse of the left, the spectacular showing of the centrist Shinui party, and the dominant status of the Likud in the Knesset and in Israeli politics. Through its focus on the 2003 elections, this volume also illuminates developments and changes in Israeli society and politics. Many of these developments--multiculturalism, changes in social stratification, the growing role of the judiciary and of the media, and political reforms--characterize other Western democracies as well, and these are discussed from a comparative perspective. The Elections in Israel--2003 will be of particular interest to those concerned with politics in Israel as well as those concerned with comparative politics and elections in general. Asher Arian is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, a senior research fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, and professor of political science at the University of Haifa. Michal Shamir is professor of political science at Tel Aviv University.

The Elections in Israel 1992

The Elections in Israel 1992
Author: Asher Arian,Alan Arian,Michal Shamir,Professor Michal Shamir
Publsiher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0791421759

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Social scientist from Israel and American universities and research Institutes address questions discussed in the 1992 elections.

The Elections in Israel 2003

The Elections in Israel 2003
Author: Michal Shamir
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2018-02-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781351322270

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The Elections in Israel--2003 brings together leading Israeli and North American social scientists and their state-of-the-art, in-depth analysis of the 2003 Israeli national elections. These elections returned Ariel Sharon and the Likud to power amid one of the bloodiest rounds of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and a severe economic downturn in Israel. Contributors analyze the electoral behavior of the voters as a whole and various subgroups, highlighting social cleavages and identity, as well as issues and other strategic considerations. Three chapters analyze in detail the Arab, the national-religious, and the "Russian" vote. The 2003 elections saw Israel's return to the family of parliamentary nations after it experimented with the direct election of the prime minister from 1996 through 2001. The impact of the adoption and repeal of this unique Israeli system of government is another major topic covered in this volume, and several contributions explore the impact of these changes upon the electorate, the party system, and party financing. Other unusual features of the 2003 elections were the low turnout levels among Jewish and Arab voters; political moves to disqualify Arab candidates and lists from running for office, which were overruled by the Supreme Court of Israel; the collapse of the left, the spectacular showing of the centrist Shinui party, and the dominant status of the Likud in the Knesset and in Israeli politics. Through its focus on the 2003 elections, this volume also illuminates developments and changes in Israeli society and politics. Many of these developments--multiculturalism, changes in social stratification, the growing role of the judiciary and of the media, and political reforms--characterize other Western democracies as well, and these are discussed from a comparative perspective. The Elections in Israel--2003 will be of particular interest to those concerned with politics in Israel as well as those concerned with comparative politics and elections in general.

The Elections In Israel 1988

The Elections In Israel  1988
Author: Asher Arian,Michal Shamir
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2019-05-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781000316322

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Forty years after becoming an independent state, Israel is still involved in deadly strife with many of its Arab neighbors and with the Palestinians under its military control. The protracted Arab-Israeli conflict is one of the most fundamental features of the Israeli experience; it overshadows economic and social decisions, and often sets the poli

The Elections in Israel 2009

The Elections in Israel 2009
Author: Michal Shamir
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2017-07-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781351297592

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The elections to the 18th Knesset (legislature of Israel) were held on February 10, 2009, almost three years after the elections to the 17th Knesset and approximately twenty months before the original date set for them to be held. The elections are best understood in the context of the wars that were at each end of Ehud Olmert's government tenure, corruption scandals involving the prime minister, and the failure of Tzipi Livni, the newly elected head of the ruling center party, Kadima to form a new coalition following Olmert's resignation. The election campaign of 2009 began with the resignation of Ehud Olmert in the shadow of his corruption scandals and issues of integrity and clean government. This was followed by the world financial crisis, which directed attention towards the economic dimension and performance of the candidates. On the face of it, the campaign was cut short when military action began in Gaza. Still, the election was on the minds of candidates, and the question of who can best ensure security prevailed in the campaign. It becamepersonalized and focused on the candidates: the two candidates who had once headed the government and aspired to return, Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak, and the chairperson of Kadima, Tzipi Livni, who was running for the first time as head of a party. The Elections in Israel 2009 will be of particular interest to those concerned with comparative politics and elections in an open society. This volume is the latest in the series begun in 1969.