Party switching in Israel : a historical and comparative analysis / Csaba Nikolenyi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nikolenyi, Csaba, 1971- author.

Series:

SUNY series in comparative politics.

SUNY Series in Comparative Politics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Party affiliation.

Political candidates.

Political parties--Israel.

Political parties.

Israel.

Israel. Keneset.

Israel. Keneset--Rules and practice.

Genre:

Rules

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2023]

Summary:

Analyzes the history of legislative party switching and its regulation in the Israeli Knesset.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Figures

Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Argument

An Overview of the Chapters Ahead

A Note on Terminology

Chapter 1 Conceptual and Comparative Considerations

Party Cohesion and Party Switching

Anti-Defection Laws and The Regulation of Political Parties: The Scholarly Context

Anti-Defection Laws in National Constitutions: A Global Overview

Defections in Israel: Kalanterism, Trustees, and Delegates

A Rational Choice Approach to Anti-Defection Laws

Conclusion

Chapter 2 Kalanterism, the "Stinking Trick," and the Evolution of Israel's Anti-Defection Law

Early Attempts at Regulating Defections in Knesset

The "Stinking Trick" and the Adoption of the Anti-Defection Law of 1991

The Anti-Defection Law as a Redistributive Institution: Changes and Amendments after 1991

Conclusion

Chapter 3 The Growing Incidence of Party Switching in Israel

Party Switching in Numbers

The Anti-Defection Law in the Context of a Changing Israeli Party System

A Case Study: The Disintegration of Likud in the Knesset and the Effects of the Anti-Defection Law in the Fourteenth Knesset (19

Chapter 4 "Acquire a Friend for Yourself!" The Rise of Collective Defections in the Knesset

Case 1: The Rise and Fall of Yi'ud

Case 2: The Disintegration of Gil (Pensioners' Party)

Case 3: The Labor Party Split of 2011

Chapter 5 The Preponderance of Pre-Electoral Party Switching

The Temporal Dimension of Party Exits in the Knesset

Strategic Delay of Party Exits

The Effect of the Mofaz Law on the Kadima Split in 2012

Conclusion

Chapter 6 Between Government and Opposition: The Directionality of Exit

The Directionality of Party Switching in Numbers

Party Switching and Ariel Sharon's First Coalition Government in the Sixteenth Knesset

Party Switching and the National Unity Government

Chapter 7 Does Defection Pay? The Electoral Consequences of Party Switching

An Empirical Assessment of the Electoral Consequences of Party Switching

Understanding the Electoral Success of New Parties and Switching MKs

Chapter 8 Comparative Cases: Anti-Defections Laws and Their Consequences in India, New Zealand, and South Africa

The Growing Severity of the Anti-Defection Law in India, 1985-2003

Electoral Integrity Legislation in New Zealand

Anti-Defection Law in a New Democracy: South Africa

Party Switching, Anti-Defection Laws, and the Political Instability of 2019-2021

In Closing . . .

Appendix

The List of Party Switches in the Knesset, 1949-2019

First Knesset

Second Knesset

Fifth Knesset

Sixth Knesset

Seventh Knesset

Eighth Knesset

Notes:

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Ninth Knesset

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Other Format:

Print version: Nikolenyi, Csaba Party Switching in Israel

ISBN:

9781438491622

143849162X

OCLC:

1376934532