The elections in Israel, 1992 / edited by Asher Arian and Michal Shamir.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arian, Alan.

Shamir, Michal, 1951-

Series:

SUNY Series in Israeli Studies

SUNY series in Israeli studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Israel.

Elections.

Israel--Politics and government.

Israel.

Israel. Keneset--Elections, 1992.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 326 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the momentum toward peace in the Middle East surges and wanes, the intensity of politics in Israel takes on added relevance. There can be little doubt that the historic Israel-PLO peace accord could not have occurred were it not for the turnabout elections of 1992. This volume, the seventh in a series begun in 1969, carries on the tradition of offering in-depth analyses of the major issues, actors, and parties involved in Israeli politics.

Contents:

""Front Matter ""; ""Half Title Page ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Figures""; ""Introduction""; ""I""; ""II""; ""III""; ""IV""; ""V""; ""VI""; ""Notes""; ""Content ""; ""PART I: Political Turnover""; ""Two Reversals: Why 1992 Was Not 1977""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. The Arithmetic of Reversal""; ""III. Issues and Demography""; ""IV. Who Went Where?""; ""V. Wedge Issues""; ""VI. More on the 1992 Election""; ""VII. Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Modelling Victory in the 1992 Election""; ""I. Introduction""

""II. Elements of the Model: Factors in the 1992 Election"" ""Candidates""; ""Performance Evaluations""; ""Party Attachment""; ""The Social Basis of the Vote""; ""III. The Model""; ""IV. Empirical Results""; ""Utility Parameters-Importance for the Individual Voter""; ""Vote Probabilities: Party Blocs' Sources of Advantage""; ""Dispersion of Vote Probabilities""; ""The Sources of Electoral Turnover: 1992 versus 1988""; ""V. Summary and Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""PART II: Group Influences""; ""Penetrating the System: The Politics of Collective Identities""

""I. Religious Parties"" ""II. Jewish Ethnic Parties""; ""III. Arab Parties""; ""IV. Women's Parties""; ""V. Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Equal But Different? The Gender Gap in Israel's 1992 Elections""; ""I. Political Activity""; ""Political Efficacy""; ""Discussion of Political Affairs""; ""Voting""; ""Partisan Affiliation""; ""II. Opinions and Attitudes""; ""Views on Peace and Security""; ""Policy Preferences""; ""Voting Preferences""; ""III. Some Explanations""; ""The Development Model""; ""The Generational Model""; ""The Autonomy Model""; ""The Diffusion Model""; ""IV. Conclusions""

""Notes"" ""References""; ""Shas-The Sephardic Torah Guardians: Religious ""Movement"" and Political Power""; ""I. The Campaign: ""Imagining"" the Movement""; ""II. Teshuva: Spiritual/Moral Movement""; ""III. Blessings, Prayers, and a Charm""; ""IV. Competition with Other Parties""; ""V. The Elections to the 1992 Knesset""; ""VI. Joining the Labor-led coalition""; ""VII. Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""The Political Behavior of the Arabs in Israel in the 1992 Elections: Integration versus Segregation""; ""I. Parliamentary Elections and Political Marginalization""

""II. From Passive to Active Participation"" ""III. The 1992 Elections""; ""Political and Social Divisions""; ""Religious Divisions""; ""From Arab-Jewish to Arab Structure""; ""Citizenship Issues""; ""Voting Behavior""; ""In the Aftermath of the Elections""; ""IV. Concluding Remarks""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""Voting Trends of Recent Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. The Electoral Power of the Immigrants""; ""III. Determination of Political Positions""; ""IV. Issues and Party Preferences""; ""V. Trends in Party Preferences""; ""VI. Influence of the Immigrants on the Election Results""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-9521-3

0-585-04519-4

OCLC:

42854912