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Politics and Government in Israel, Fourth Edition.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mahler, Gregory S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Israel--Politics and government.
- Israel.
- Israel--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (432 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- Offers coverage of Israeli politics and government using an institutional and behavioral perspective, covering the context for the operation of politics, the machinery of government, and the foreign policy setting within which the government operates.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- What Do We Study?
- How Do We Study Politics?
- Studying Political Institutions and Behavior
- Studying Israeli Government and Politics
- I. The Political Setting
- 1 History and the Creation of Israel
- Historical Roots of Contemporary Israel
- The Emergence of Zionism, 1830-1917
- Growth of the Yishuv, 1880-1939
- The Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate Period, 1917-1947
- World War II and the Holocaust
- Transition to Statehood, 1945-1948
- The Palestinians
- History and the Creation of Israel
- Key Concepts
- 2 Zionism, Population, Judaism, and the Domestic Political Environment
- The Concept of Zionism
- Types of Zionism
- Zionism and the United States
- Zionism and the Middle East
- The Religious Communities of Israel
- Israel's Non-Jewish Communities
- Jewish Ethnicity in Israel: Ashkenazim and Mizrahim
- Immigration and Emigration
- Cities, Villages, Kibbutzim, and Moshavim
- Judaism in Israel
- Tensions between and among Jewish Population Groups in Israel
- Who Is a Jew?
- The Neeman Commission
- Public Opinion about the Role of Religion
- Zionism, Judaism, and the State of Israel
- 3 The Military, Economic, Bureaucratic, and Local Setting
- The Military Structure and the Government
- The Economic Context
- Foreign Economic Relations
- The Bureaucracy and the Civil Service
- Local Government
- The Political Impact of the Military, the Economy, and the Bureaucracy
- II. The Government Institutions
- 4 Parliamentary Government and the Constitutional Setting
- Israel as a Parliamentary System
- The Debate over Writing a Constitution
- The Role of the Courts in the Constitutional Setting
- Israel's Current Constitutional Setting
- Conclusion: Parliamentarism and Constitutionalism in Israel.
- Key Concepts
- 5 Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches and Relations
- Knesset: The Legislative Branch in Israel
- Legal Infrastructure
- Functions and Arenas
- Representation
- Legislation
- Oversight
- Parliamentary Party Groups
- Legislative Termination
- Government: The Executive Branch in Israel
- Coalition Politics and Government Coalitions
- The 1996-2003 Hybrid Period
- The Prime Minister
- Government Termination
- The Opposition
- The President
- The Judicial Branch in Israel and the Supreme Court
- Judicial Sources and Structure
- The Supreme Court
- Judicial Review of Government
- Attorney General
- Legislative-Executive-Judicial Dynamics
- 6 Elections and Voting
- Israel's Electoral System
- A Proportional Electoral Formula with a Low Legal Threshold
- A Single Nationwide Electoral District
- Closed Party Lists
- How the Israeli Electoral System Works
- The Election Timetable
- The Central Elections Committee
- The Campaign Period
- Electoral Reform in Israel
- Voting Behavior
- Turnout
- Factors Influencing the Vote
- Conclusion: The Significance of the Electoral Process
- 7 Political Parties and Civil Society
- The Setting
- Society, Parties, and the State
- Parties as Key Actors in Israeli Democracy
- The Functions of Parties
- The Regulation of Parties in Israel
- Party Institutions and the Selection of Candidates
- Parties and Issues
- Israel's Main Political Cleavages
- The Ideological-Security Cleavage
- The Religious-Secular Cleavage
- The Jewish-Arab Cleavage
- The Socioeconomic Cleavage
- The Ashkenazi-Mizrahi Cleavage
- The New Immigrants versus the Veteran Immigrants and Native Israelis Cleavage
- The Party System
- Party Blocs in Israel
- Party System Change in Israel
- Civil Society
- The Main Interest Groups in Israel.
- Conclusion: Politics and Society in Israel
- 8 Democracy in Israel
- Definitions of Democracy
- Challenges to Israeli Democracy
- Jewish-Arab Relations
- State of Emergency
- Israel/Palestine
- A Jewish and Democratic State
- Conclusion: Israel and the Politics of Democracy Classifications
- III. Foreign Policy and the Middle Eastern Political Setting
- 9 The Foreign Policy Setting
- The Setting: The Legacy of Warfare
- Strategic Considerations
- Military-Security Concerns
- Political-Diplomatic Concerns
- Economic-Developmental Concerns
- Cultural-Status Concerns
- The Foreign Policy Setting: A Recapitulation
- 10 The Palestinians, the West Bank and Gaza, and Jerusalem
- History
- Palestine and the Palestinians
- Palestinian Statehood and Governance
- The Palestine Liberation Organization
- Palestinian Life
- Palestinian Goals
- Israel and the West Bank and Gaza
- Jerusalem in Modern History
- Legal and Diplomatic Status of Jerusalem
- Israeli Attitudes, Actions, Intentions, and Policies
- Long-Term Plans
- Settlements
- Is Israel a "Settler Colonialist" Entity?
- City Limits, Population, and Settlements
- The Size of Jerusalem
- The Population of Jerusalem
- Settlements in Jerusalem
- The Palestinians, the West Bank and Gaza, and Jerusalem
- 11 The Peace Process
- The Quest for Peace
- Progress toward Peace, Post-1948 to 1956
- Progress toward Peace, Post-1956 to 1978
- Camp David and the Peace Process, 1978 to 1982
- Israel's Peace Initiative, 1989
- The Madrid Peace Conference, 1991
- The Oslo Accords, 1993
- The Wye River Memorandum, October 23, 1998
- The Sharm El-Sheikh Memorandum, April 30, 2001
- The Copenhagen Track
- The Continuing Process, 2002-2023
- Bilateral Progress
- Israel and Jordan
- Israel and Lebanon.
- Israel and Syria
- Israel and Egypt
- Israel and Iran
- Israel and the Palestinians
- The Quest for Peace, Again
- Notes
- Index
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9798855800357
- OCLC:
- 1468527061
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