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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822944503321

Titolo

The elections in Israel, 1996 / / editors, Alan Arian, Michal Shamir

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 1999

ISBN

0-7914-9522-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 318 pages) : illustrations

Collana

SUNY Series in Israeli Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

ArianAsher

ShamirMichal

Disciplina

324.95694/054

Soggetti

Elections - Israel

Israel Politics and government 1993-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Content""; ""PART ONE: Politics of Identity""; ""Elections as a Battleground over Collective Identity""; ""Collective Identity in the 1996 Election""; ""Religion and the Politics of Inclusion: The Success of the Ultra-Orthodox Parties""; ""The Odd Group Out: The Arab-Palestinian Vote in the 1996 Elections""; ""Determining Factors of the Vote among Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union""; """"Old"" versus ""New"" Politics in the 1996 Elections""

""PART TWO: Political Reform, Parties, Candidates"" ""The Electoral Consequences of Political Reform In Search of the Center of the Israeli Party System""; ""The Likud's Double Campaign Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea""; ""Peres the Leader, Peres the Politician""; ""The 1996 Party Primaries and Their Political Consequences""; ""The Bias of Pluralism The Redistributive Effects of the New Electoral Law""; ""Balance in Election Coverage""; ""Back Matter""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""