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The Elections in Israel 2003 (Paperback)
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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.
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